Chapter 4. Mera Saaya

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I. Family and Nation
5. Chapter 1. Mompreneur in the Multiplex 27
6. Chapter 2. Lethal Acts 40
7. Chapter 3. Beyond the Couple Form 54
8. Chapter 4. Mera Saaya 66
9. PART II. Body Matters
10. Chapter 5. New Womanhood and #LipstickRebellion 79
11. Chapter 6. Queering Bollywood 92
12. Chapter 7. Plus-Size Femininity 107
13. Chapter 8. The Many Bodies of Vidya Balan 118
14. PART III. Geographies of the New Woman
15. Chapter 9. Out of India 133
16. Chapter 10. Learning to Love The(ir) World 146
17. Chapter 11. Single in the City 157
18. Chapter 12. Glocal Women 168
19. PART IV. New Media and the New Woman
20. Chapter 13. All Broken Up and Dancing 181
21. Chapter 14. Reshaping “Bollywood” 191
22. Acknowledgments 205
23. Notes on Contributors 207
24. Index 211