The Magic of Bollywood
At Home and Abroad
Format:Hardback
Publisher:SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Published:27th Jun '12
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Few would deny that the most significant weapon in India′s cultural and artistic armory is its avowedly commercial cinema, now known as Bollywood. This anthology aims to portray the "soft" power of Bollywood, which makes it a unique and powerful disseminator of Indian culture and values abroad. The essays in the book examine Bollywood′s popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations and diplomacy.
In addition to contributions that directly engage with the notion of soft power, a number of essays in the volume testify to the attractiveness of Bollywood cinema for ethnically diverse groups across the world, probe the reasons for its appeal, and explore its audiences′ identification with cinematic narratives.
Established and emerging scholars in literature, theater, film, dance, music, media, cultural studies, and sociology from different parts of the world present their views from multidisciplinary perspectives based on case studies from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Germany, Russia, the US, Senegal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Canada, in addition to India.
The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad explores the wide ranging dimensions of Bollywood as an effective element of India’s soft power. Such academic endeavours are rare in the existing scholarship in Indian Cinema.... The critical analysis on the acceptance of certain kinds of films among the Indian diaspora and the natives of various lands are illuminating. The link between the neo-liberal regime and Bollywood is profoundly analysed...very few books have highlighted the relation between the film production scenario and the narratives and style of the films made in India like this one. -- The Sunday Standard
A joy to read...brings together a collection of very insightful and authoritative essays probing the multifarious research and impact of bollywood movies within and outside India, also sets the stage for scholarly appreciation of the relationship between culture, Politics, International relations and the power games that such relationships entail.... It is fascinating to see such rigorous research being expended on something that we, in our country, consume as given...even a skim- through is rewarding.
-- The Asian Age, 25 September 2012ISBN: 9788132107323
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Weight: 490g
356 pages