Description:Bollywood movies have been long known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But when India entered the global marketplace in the early 1990s, its film industry transformed radically. Production and distribution of films became regulated, advertising and marketing created a largely middle-class audience, and films began to fit into genres like science fiction and horror. In this bold study of what she names New Bollywood, Sangita Gopal contends that the key to understanding these changes is to analyze filmsOCO evolving treatment of romantic relationships.Gopalargues that the form of the conjugal duo in movies reflects other social forces in IndiaOCOs new consumerist and global society. She takes a daring look at recent Hindi films and movie trendsOCothe decline of song-and-dance sequences, the upgraded status of the horror genre, and the rise of the multiplex and multi-plotOCoto demonstrate how these relationships exemplify different formulas of contemporary living. A provocative account of how cultural artifacts can embody globalizationOCOs effects on intimate life, "Conjugations" will shake up the study of Hindi film.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema. To get started finding Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
260
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Release
2014
ISBN
0226304272
Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema
Description: Bollywood movies have been long known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But when India entered the global marketplace in the early 1990s, its film industry transformed radically. Production and distribution of films became regulated, advertising and marketing created a largely middle-class audience, and films began to fit into genres like science fiction and horror. In this bold study of what she names New Bollywood, Sangita Gopal contends that the key to understanding these changes is to analyze filmsOCO evolving treatment of romantic relationships.Gopalargues that the form of the conjugal duo in movies reflects other social forces in IndiaOCOs new consumerist and global society. She takes a daring look at recent Hindi films and movie trendsOCothe decline of song-and-dance sequences, the upgraded status of the horror genre, and the rise of the multiplex and multi-plotOCoto demonstrate how these relationships exemplify different formulas of contemporary living. A provocative account of how cultural artifacts can embody globalizationOCOs effects on intimate life, "Conjugations" will shake up the study of Hindi film.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema. To get started finding Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.