Censorship and sexuality in Bombay cinema / Monika Mehta.

Author/creator Mehta, Monika, 1970-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press,
Descriptionxi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Beginning -- Revisiting the history of film censorship -- Close-up: the Central Board of Film Certification -- The first sex-education film: a classification conundrum -- Satyam shivam sundaram: (im)proper suturing of sound, scar, and stardom -- An anomalous dilemma: to ban or to certify the self-sacrificial wife in Pati parmeshwar -- Tracking the twists and turns in the Khalnayak -- Debates on censorship -- Dilwale dulhania le jayenge: certifying a "family love" story -- From censorship to selections.
General noteBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2001.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011026895
ISBN9780292726925 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292726929 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292737853 (e-book)
ISBN0292737858 (e-book)