Book chapter
Understanding Bollywood
The handbook of global communication and media ethics, pp.577-601
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2011
Abstract
This essay brings together four key elements of Bollywood cinema:
1. the lure of the mythological;
2. the allure of the Muslim courtesan, and Urdu, Bollywood's language of love;
3. the hegemony of melodrama; and
4. the persistence of song and dance.
Details
- Title
- Understanding Bollywood
- Authors/Creators
- V. Mishra (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- R.S. Fortner (Editor)P.M. Fackler (Editor)
- Publication Details
- The handbook of global communication and media ethics, pp.577-601
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991005544421507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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