Ronie Parciack

Gebundenes Buch

Popular Hindi Cinema

Aesthetic Formations of the Seen and Unseen

Beschreibung

This book analyses the pivotal visual and narrative conventions employed in popular Hindi films through the combined prism of film studies and classical Indian philosophy and ritualism. A culturally sensitive reading of popular Hindi films, the interpretations put forward are also applicable to the Western context. The book is of interest to scholars in the fields of Indology, modern Indian studies, film, media and cultural studies.

Autor

Ronie Parciack is a Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her research interests include vernacular religion in South Asian visual media and popular culture, the vernacular planes of political theology in India, and Indo-Islamic culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138962811
• ISBN-10: 1138962813
• Artikelnr.: 43023352