Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond...

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Pankaj Jain (University of North Texas, USA)

Visual Anthropology of Indian Films

Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond

Pankaj Jain (University of North Texas, USA)

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Routledge
18 October 2024

Films, movies & cinema; Media studies; Anthropology; Political campaigning & advertising

This book provides a unique insider’s look at the world’s largest film industry, now globally known as ‘Bollywood’ and challenges existing notions about Indian films.

Indian films have been a worldwide phenomenon for decades. Chapters in this edited volume take a fresh view of various hidden gems by maestros such as Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy, V Shantaram, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Shakti Samant, Rishikesh Mukherjee, and others. Other chapters provide a pioneering review and analysis of the portrayal of Indian religious communities such as Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Parsis. The themes covered include unique Indian feminism and male chauvinism, environment and climate issues, international locations and diaspora tourism, religious harmony and conflict, the India-Pakistan relationship, asceticism, and renunciation in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Unlike many recent studies of Indian films, these chapters do not distinguish between popular and serious cinema. Many chapters focus on Hindi films, but others bring insights from films made in other parts of India and its neighbouring countries.

One of the chapters in this volume was originally published in the book titled Film and Place in an Intercultural Perspective India-Europe Film Connections, edited by Krzysztof Stachowiak, Hania Janta, Jani Kozina, and Therese Sunngren-Granlund. Another chapter was originally published in Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology. All other chapters were originally published in Visual Anthropology.

Edited by: Pankaj Jain (University of North Texas USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9781032778280
ISBN 10: 1032778288
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 18 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction - Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond 1. From Kil-Arni to Anthony: The Portrayal of Christians in Indian Films 2. Such a Long Journey: Portrayal of the Parsi Community in Films 3. From Padosi to My Name is Khan: The Portrayal of Hindu–Muslim Relations in South Asian Films 4. Film as a Majoritarian Framework of Hindu Nationalism: The Case of Purab Aur Pachhim 5. Encountering Asceticism: A Hindu Nun in Jogan, vis-a-vis a Buddhist Monk in Trishagni 6. Anuradha and Anupama: Gender Issues through Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach 7. The Objectification of Women in V. Shantaram’s Films 8. “Children of the Soil” to “Dark Wind”: Nature, Environment and Climate in Indian Films 9. Ecocritical Analysis of Classics by Three Indian Film Maestros: An Extended Film Review 10. Sara Jahan Hamara: Indian Films and Their Portrayal of Foreign Destinations 11. Do Bigha Zamin: A Realistic Masterpiece of Indian Cinema 12. Virtue Ethics of Boot Polish and Dosti, as Compared with Slumdog Millionaire

Pankaj Jain is Professor and HoD of Humanities and Languages and the Chair of The India Centre at FLAME University. He is a renowned academic leader with international recognition in Sustainability, Jain Studies, Film Studies, and Diaspora Studies. He has co-edited the Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (2022) and Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion (2023). His earlier monographs are Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach (2023), Dharma in America: A Short History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora (2019), award-winning Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability (2011), and Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains (2015). His articles and quotes have been featured in the Huffington Post, Washington Post, Times of India’s Speaking Tree, and Patheos. In July 2020, the New York Times interviewed him; in 2019, Morgan Freeman interviewed him for the section on Jainism in the National Geographic series The Story of God.