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Is it all about hips? : around the world with Bollywood dance / Sangita Shresthova.
Van Pelt Library GV1703.I513 S57 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shresthova, Sangita, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance--India.
- Dance.
- India.
- Bhangra (Music).
- Motion picture industry--India--Mumbai.
- Motion picture industry.
- India--Mumbai.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2011.
- Summary:
- Shresthova (Media Activism and Participatory Politics Project, U. of Southern California), a dancer and media artist, examines Bollywood dance in three locations: Mumbai, India; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Los Angeles, California. She conducted research from 2001 to 2009 on the interpretation, creation, production, and meanings of Bollywood dances at dance schools in these locations, as well as live performance and films. She also provides an introductory history of dance in Hindi films. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Dancing through the decades : a bit of theory and history
- Bombay and the bodies of Bollywood dance
- Under Bollywood's big umbrella : Bollywood dance in Kathmandu
- More Indian than India? : Bollywood dance in Los Angeles
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "Foreword by Kabir Bedi"--From front cover.
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9788132106852
- 8132106857
- OCLC:
- 711052213
- Online:
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