Bollywood's India a public fantasy / Priya Joshi.

Author/creator Joshi, Priya
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxix, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Preface: The social work of cinema -- Bollywood's India -- Making India -- Remaking India I -- Remaking India II -- Unmaking "India" -- Cinema as public fantasy "two dynasties that rule the nation's popular imagination" -- Police and thieves -- Career opportunities -- Cinema as family romance -- Film, family, and family romance -- Deewaar, the manifest narrative -- "India is Indira" -- Bollywood, Bollylite -- The world according to Bollywood -- The world according to Hollywood -- Bollylite in America -- Epilogue: Anthem for a new India.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 161-181) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014042100
ISBN9780231169608 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780231169615 (pbk. : acid-free paper)