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Bollywood and Postmodernism

Popular Indian Cinema in the 21st Century
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015

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‘New Bollywood’ has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry?
Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this innovative study reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the 21st century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, Bollywood and Postmodernism takes Indian film studies beyond the exhausted theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema.
A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of study in world cinema.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgements

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    List of Figures

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    List of Abbreviations of Film Titles

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    1 Introduction: The Bollywood Eclipse

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    2 Anti-Bollywood: Traditional Modes of Studying Indian Cinema

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    3 Pedagogic Practices and Newer Approaches to Contemporary Bollywood Cinema

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    4 Postmodernism and India

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    5 Postmodern Bollywood

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    6 Indian Cinema: A History of Repetition

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    7 Contemporary Bollywood Remakes

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    8 Conclusion: A Bollywood Renaissance?

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    Bibliography

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    List of Additional Reading

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    Appendix: Popular Indian Film Remakes

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    Filmography

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    Index

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February 15, 2022
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9780748696352
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748696352
eBook ISBN: 9780748696352
Keywords for this book
Film; Media & Cultural Studies
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
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