Chandrava Chakravarty, Sneha Kar Chaudhuri

Centring Women in Bollywood Biopics (eBook, ePUB)

Empowerment and Agency in Contemporary Indian Cinema

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the dramatic rise in popularity of the women's biopic in contemporary Bollywood, within the context of wider cultural shifts over the past decade.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040183359
• Artikelnr.: 72274139

Autorenporträt

Chandrava Chakravarty is Professor, Department of English, and the Director of Centre for Studies in Gender, Culture & Media at West Bengal State University, India. Her research interests include Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century, Colonial Bengal, Gender and Cultural Studies.

Sneha Kar Chaudhuri is Head and Associate Professor of English, West Bengal State University. Her areas of specialization and research interests include Neo-Victorian Studies, Adaptation Studies, Gender Studies, historical fiction and historical cinema.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Women-Centric Bollywood
2. The Larger Context: Postfeminism in India and Women's Biopics
3. Biopics of Female Sports Personalities in Bollywood
4. Women in Politics
5. Celebrity Culture and Select Bollywood Biopics
6. Conclusion