The female playback in Bombay cinema : voice, body, technology / Shikha Jhingan.
| Author/creator | Jhingan, Shika author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary approaches to film and media series Contemporary approaches to film and media series. |
| Contents | The intimate voice of Lata Mangeshkar -- Courtesans, vamps, crooners, and street singers -- The critic as biographer -- Cassettes, fans, and singers -- Television to digital data |
| Abstract | "Drawing on sound studies and performance theory, scholar Shikha Jhingan explores the discursive nature of the female playback voice in Bombay film songs. Mapping the production, circulation, and reception of the voices of singing stars--notably Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle--Jhingan situates the singing voice as a cinematic object with limitless possibilities of distribution and dispersal. She employs the perspectives of a diverse range of listeners across a vast media landscape to illustrate how the affective charge of the female playback voice, combined with developments in audio technology, has led to a gradual expansion of opportunities for women in film, popular music, and media and audio production."--Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index |
| ISBN | 9780814350942 |
| ISBN | 0814350941 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780814350959 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 081435095X (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |