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In recent years, Bollywood-the popular name for the Hindi cinema emanating from Mumbai, India-has received considerable attention in the global media. Why are people fascinated with Bollywood? What is the cultural significance of the films produced there?This book addresses such questions by taking the subject of sociology to the movies. More specifically, it rejuvenates a dormant dialogue within sociology about understanding the possible relationships between ...
Engaging the discipline of sociology to study the phenomenon of Bollywood cinema, this book examines popular Hindi cinema as a global industry and its films as popular cultural texts. It also considers the relationships that are possible between cinema and its audiences. Though there have been theoretical accounts and textual readings of Bollywood films, this is the first book to study them from these combined perspectives. The author approaches Bollywood cinema ...