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Studies In Bollywood Travels -- Borders And Border Crossings In Main Hoon Na And Veer Zaara -- Dance Baby Dance: Diaspora, Place And Aesthetics In Jhoom Barabar Jhoom -- The Secret Politics Are Out? The Pleasures Of Gender And Sexuality In Dostana -- Haptic Urban Ethnoscapes And Bollywood Popular Cultures In The Diaspora -- Performing Bollywood: Hindi Cinema Entertainment Shows -- Conclusion. Rajinder Dudrah. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This work investigates how Bollywood cinema functions as a transnational cultural force that negotiates identity, borders, and diaspora experiences. Rajinder Kumar Dudrah, a scholar in film and media studies, utilizes a framework of cultural geography and performance theory to analyze how Hindi cinema is consumed, adapted, and performed outside of India. The text argues that Bollywood is not merely a static product but a dynamic site of social and political negotiation for global audiences.
What You Will Find
Experts in South Asian media studies recognize this text as a significant contribution to the understanding of globalized Indian cinema. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is well-suited for university-level research and cultural analysis.
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0
Publication Date:
2012-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415447402
ISBN-13:
9780203125649
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