Bollywood

A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema
3 ed
ISBN: 978-1-032-28106-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: Routledge Film Guidebooks

In this third edition of her successful textbook, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a comprehensive guide to the cultural, social, and political significance of Hindi cinema, exploring the history, structure, and evolution of Bollywood from the 1930s to the present.

Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of Bollywood's narrative styles, themes, and key genres, alongside insights into significant films, directors, and stars. The book delivers this through detailed analysis of the Bombay film industry's structure, production and distribution practices. This new edition features updated content on current filmmakers and recent developments in Hindi cinema, offering fresh perspectives on the industry's ongoing transformation and cultural impact.

This book is essential reading for students taking courses in Bollywood cinema, World Cinema, Film Industries, and South Asian Studies. It is also ideal for film scholars, researchers, and general readers with an interest in understanding the dynamics of Hindi cinema and its global influence.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ganti, Tejaswini

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Production and Distribution of Popular Hindi Cinema 3. Narrative Style, Important Themes, and Key Conflicts 4. Genre and Hindi Cinema 5. The Significance of Film Music

Über Autor(innen)

Tejaswini Ganti is Professor of Anthropology and core faculty in the Program in Culture & Media at New York University. She has been conducting research on the social world and filmmaking practices of the Bombay film industry since 1996 and is the author of Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry (2012) and Thinking in English, Speaking in Hindi: Translation, Creativity, and Value in Bollywood and Beyond (2027).