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Reading 'Bollywood' by Shakuntala Banaji β€” book cover

Reading 'Bollywood'

by Shakuntala Banaji
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Overview

Reading 'Bollywood' explores the connections between representations of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in Hindi films, socio-political contexts and the construction of gender, sexual and ethnic identity by young audience members in India and the UK. Extended excerpts from in-depth interviews with young viewers, observations and original photographs provide exciting and unique insights about spectatorship as well as material for comparison with theories about Hindi film and studies of film audiences and popular culture worldwide.

Synopsis

This book brings together a rare mix of original audience research in India and the UK, socio-political context, and textual detail to shed light on how young audiences watch Hindi films and the meanings individual viewers take from films in the context of their daily lives.

About the Author, Shakuntala Banaji

SHAKUNTALA BANAJI is a Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, Institute of Education, London.

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Book Details

Published
September 1, 2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
230
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780230001725

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