Haunting Bollywood: Gender, Genre, and the Supernatural in Hindi Commercial Cinema
Author:   Meheli Sen
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
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Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 March 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Haunting Bollywood: Gender, Genre, and the Supernatural in Hindi Commercial Cinema


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Author:   Meheli Sen
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781477311578


ISBN 10:   1477311572
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Haunted Havelis and Hapless Heroes: Gender, Genre, and the Hindi Gothic Film 2. The Ramsay Rampage: Horror as Emergency Cinema 3. Ravishing Reptiles: Magic, Masala, and the Hindi “Snake Film” 4. Present Imperfect: Bollywood and the Ghosts of Neoliberalism 5. The Planetary Paranormal: Millennial Mythos and the Disassembly of the “Hindi Film” Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Haunting Bollywood is an insightful volume that makes several important contributions to Indian cinema scholarship, including the consolidation of seemingly disparate bodies of films. . . . [It] is a welcome addition to scholarship on Indian cinema and an essential read for its students. * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *


Author Information

Meheli Sen is an assistant professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) and the Cinema Studies Program at Rutgers University. She is the coeditor of Figurations in Indian Film.

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