Reading 'Bollywood', Shakuntala Banaji, Theater & Film

Reading 'Bollywood'

The Young Audience and Hindi Films

Shakuntala Banaji

Exploring representations of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in Hindi films, Banaji examines the socio-political contexts and how young audiences in India and the UK construct them. In-depth interviews, observations and photographs provide insights into spectatorship and comparison with theories about Hindi film and popular culture.

2012, 232 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiss-Abbildungen, Masse: 13,9 x 21,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch

Palgrave Macmillan

ISBN-10: 0230363458
ISBN-13: 9780230363458

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'Her [Banaji's] book is theoretically well grounded, both in debates concerning Hindi films and in audience studies more generally.' - Per Ståhlberg, Young (Nordic Journal of Youth Research) 'Banaji's insightful account in Reading 'Bollywood' enables a substantially finer appreciation of the practices of film-viewing among youth audiences in India and the UK. The refreshing approach and analysis set out in this book compel a serious reconsideration of theories around spectatorship, ideology, ...

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