Beyond Bollywood

Beyond Bollywood
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781135887209
ISBN-13 : 1135887209
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Book Synopsis Beyond Bollywood by : Jigna Desai

Download or read book Beyond Bollywood written by Jigna Desai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Bollywood is the first comprehensive look at the emergence, development, and significance of contemporary South Asian diasporic cinema. From a feminist and queer perspective, Jigna Desai explores the hybrid cinema of the "Brown Atlantic" through a close look at films in English from and about South Asian diasporas in the United States, Canada, and Britain, including such popular films as My Beautiful Laundrette, Fire, MonsoonWedding, and Bend it Like Beckham.


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