| Description |
1 online resource |
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Routledge contemporary South Asia series |
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Routledge contemporary South Asia series.
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| Contents |
1. Gender, nation, and popular film in a globalizing India -- 2. Changing norms and contexts of masculinity in Indian popular film -- 3. Nation, manhood, and the British gaze : the presentist use of history in film -- 4. The Muslim body in Indian muscular nationalism -- 5. Imagining the diaspora : social anxieties and the transnational middle class in India -- 6. Muscular nationalism and film : some final thoughts |
| Summary |
Interpretations of manhood have unfolded in India within a middle class cultural milieu shaped by an assertive self-confidence fuelled by liberalisation, a process by which India has been integrated into the global political economy and the prominence of Hindutva or Hindu nationalist politics. This book unpacks a particular gendered vision of nation in the modern Indian context by drawing on popular films. This muscular nationalism is an intersection of a specific vision of masculinity with the political doctrine of nationalism. The idea of nation is animated by an idea of manhood associated with martial prowess, muscular strength and toughness, but coupled with the image and construct of virtuous woman - a gendered binary of martial man and chaste woman. The author skilfully and convincingly draws together issues of political economy, including globalization and neoliberalism with majoritarian politics and popular culture, thus showing how disparate strands intersect and build on each other. Using interpretive methodologies and popular media, the book presents new interpretations of Bollywood films through the lenses of gender, masculinity and nationalism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- India
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- India
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Nationalism in motion pictures.
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Masculinity in motion pictures.
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Popular culture -- Political aspects -- India
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Nationalism -- India.
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Hindutva.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Hindutva
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Masculinity in motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects
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Nationalism
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Nationalism in motion pictures
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Popular culture -- Political aspects
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317226123 |
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1317226127 |
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9781315623474 |
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9781317226116 |
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1317226119 |
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1315623471 |
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9781315623474 |
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