Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas

K. Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake, Rohit K. Dasgupta

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Routledge
22 May 2018

Regional studies

India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach. After years of marginalization by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the center of the world cinema in a comparatively short space of time. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in the field, this Handbook looks at the complex reasons for this remarkable journey.

Now available in paperback, the Handbook combines a historical and thematic approach to discuss how Indian cinemas need to be understood in their historical unfolding as well as their complex relationships to social, economic, cultural, political, ideological, aesthetic, technical and institutional discourses. The thematic section provides an up-to-date critical narrative on diverse topics such as audience, censorship, film distribution, film industry, diaspora, sexuality, film music and nationalism.

The Handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting edge survey of Indian cinemas, discussing Popular, Parallel/New Wave and Regional cinemas as well as the spectacular rise of Bollywood. It is an invaluable resource for students and academics of South Asian Studies, Film Studies and Cultural Studies

Edited by: K. Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake, Rohit K. Dasgupta
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 900g
ISBN: 9781138311480
ISBN 10: 1138311480
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 22 May 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

K. Moti Gokulsing is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of East London, UK. He is the co-founder and co-editor of the journal South Asian Popular Culture published by Routledge. His publications include Soft-Soaping India: the world of Indian televised soap operas (2004). Wimal Dissanayake teaches in the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii, USA. He has published widely on Indian cinema, and is co-editor of Popular Culture in a Globalised India (Routledge 2009) with K. Moti Gokulsing.

Reviews for Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas

"""The fresh approaches of this landmark text will no doubt serve to open up new ways of understanding this most prolific of film-producing countries."" - Shamira A. Meghani, Asian Affairs"