Provincializing Bollywood - Bhojpuri Cinema in the Comparative Media Crucible (Hardcover)

Provincializing Bollywood argues that Bhojpuri cinema exemplifies the overflow of a provincial derivative form that defies its place in the given scheme of things. Situating it at the intersection of vernacular media production and the infrastructural-political reordering of provincial north India, the book shows that Bhojpuri media's characteristic 'disobedience' is marked by a libidinal excess - simultaneously scandalizing and moralizing - to address the inexact calculi of Bhojpuri speaking region's'underdevelopment'. Bhojpuri media therefore demands that it is assessed not merely for its internal content but within the comparative media crucible, marked by interpenetrating forms and histories as diverse as those of ecological distress, musical traditions, gendered segregation, real estate, urban resettlements, and highway modernities. Foregrounding the libidinal excess, language politics, and curatorial informalities, Provincializing Bollywood synthesizes Bhojpuri media's spectacular public insubordination and its invocation of a shared debt, which is by no means regional in its provenance.

General

Imprint:	OUP India
Country of origin:	India
Series:	Media Dynamics in South Asia
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Akshaya Kumar (Assistant Professor)
Dimensions:	220 x 145 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-013018-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Special kinds of photography > Cinematography, television camerawork Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Cinema industry Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > General
LSN:	0-19-013018-0
Barcode:	9780190130183

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