Nadira Khatun

Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity (eBook, PDF)

Production, Representation, and Reception

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book joins a growing scholarship in the field of Bollywood film studies, encompassing methodological sub-groups such as discursive or narrative studies, textual analysis, audience research, and the political economy of Bollywood. It particularly focuses on the representation of Muslims in postcolonial Bollywood cinema that draws upon earlier questions and concerns about narrative style and the politics of representing Muslims. It also includes issues concerning Muslim film genres and the chronological shift in the portrayal of Muslims that is contingent upon national politics. In Bollywood cinema, Muslims have traditionally been portrayed through the lens of religion. Narratives associated with that specific religious identity have been adapted, based on the socio-political setting of the country at the time of the film's making. The study, thus, adds to scholarship on 'representation' in popular Hindi cinema.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198891031
• Artikelnr.: 69788127

Autorenporträt

Nadira Khatun is Assistant Professor at the School of Communications, XIM University, Odisha. She has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton. Khatun's research and teaching interests are film studies, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, popular culture, Muslim identity, Indian cinema, media representation, and new media. She has contributed to multiple national and international academic journals and edited volumes on Bollywood, Muslim identity, and social media.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Figures
* List of Abbreviations
* Preface
* Acknowledgements
* Introduction
* 1: Role of Muslims in Filmmaking
* 2: Muslim Historical genre and Muslims in Historical Genre: From
Diplomat Warriors to Barbarian Outsiders
* 3: The Muslim Social Genre: From Exotic Exclusive to Ordinary
Inclusive
* 4: The Muslim Political Genre: From Anti-Pakistani Jingoism to
Islamophobia
* 5: The Muslim Modern Genre: From Allegiant to Secular
* Epilogue: The Representation of the 'Other'
* Appendix - I: Interview Schedule / Questionnaire
* Appendix - II: List of Movies Forming the Universe of the Study
* Appendix - III: Demographic / Brief Bio. of the Participents
* References
* Index