What does it mean to say Indian movies are melodramatic? How do
film audiences engage with socio-political issues? What role has
cinema played in the emergence of new economic forms, consumer
cultures, and digital technologies in a globalizing India? "The
Melodramatic Public" analyzes melodrama as a narrative architecture
and expressive form which connects the public and the private, the
personal and the political, in ways that draw film audiences into
complex passages of historical change. Vasudevan explores film form
and narrative strategy across a wide repertoire of film traditions,
including popular classics and canonical art works. Topics include
the contemporary global moment associated with the category
"Bollywood," changes in state policy and industrial organization,
and the impact of digital technologies, new economies of
consumption, and wider export markets on Indian film culture.
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