Bollywood: Sociology Goes To the Movies

by Rajinder Dudrah

Overview

Bollywood: Sociology Goes to the Movies rejuvenates a dormant dialogue within sociology about understanding the possible relationships between cinema, culture, and society. This is done through an interdisciplinary conversation with studies of the cinema drawn from film and media, and cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761934608
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/29/2006
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Towards a Sociology of Cinema
Singing for India
Songs in the Bollywood Film
Reading Popular Hindi Films in the Diaspora and the Performance of Urban Indian and Diasporic Identity
Bollywood Cinema Going in New York
Queer as Desis
Secret Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Bollywood Films in Diasporic Urban Ethnoscapes
Between and Beyond Bollywood and Hollywood
Conclusion
Appendix: Six Genres of Bollywood Films
Bibliography
Index