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Haunting Bollywood : gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commercial cinema

Title
Haunting Bollywood : gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commercial cinema / Meheli Sen.
Author
Sen, Meheli, 1976-
Publication
  • Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Description
xi, 251 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Motion pictures > India
  • Motion pictures, Hindi
  • Motion picture industry > India
  • Gender identity in motion pictures
  • Sex role in motion pictures
  • Horror films > History and criticism
  • Supernatural in motion pictures
  • Horror films
  • Motion picture industry
  • Motion pictures
  • India
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Haunted havelis and hapless heroes : gender, genre and the Hindi gothic film -- The Ramsay rampage : horror as emergency cinema -- Ravishing reptiles : magic, masala, and the Hindi "snake film" -- Present imperfect : Bollywood and the ghosts of neoliberalism -- The planetary paranormal : millennial mythos and the disassembly of the "Hindi film" -- Epilogue.
Call Number
MFL 17-3089
ISBN
  • 9781477311578
  • 1477311572
  • 9781477311585
  • 1477311580
LCCN
  • 2016007500
  • 40027000945
OCLC
940795775
Author
Sen, Meheli, 1976- author.
Title
Haunting Bollywood : gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commercial cinema / Meheli Sen.
Publisher
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40027000945
Sudoc No.
Z UA380.8 SE55ha txdocs
Research Call Number
MFL 17-3089
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