Historicizing myths in contemporary India : cinematic representations and nationalist agendas in Hindi cinema / edited by Swapna Gopinath and Rutuja Deshmukh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gopinath, Swapna, editor.

Deshmukh, Rutuja, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical films--India--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 210 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Swapna Gopinath is an associate professor of film and cultural studies at Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune, India. She is a Fulbright fellow and has completed postdoctoral research on urban spatiality and ideological dimensions in India. She writes on film and culture, and contextualizes contemporary India in the Global South. She also teaches film and culture at FLAME University, Pune, as a visiting faculty member. Rutuja Deshmukh is a visiting faculty member of the Cinema Department at Savitribai Phule Pune University, India. She also teaches film and culture at FLAME University, Pune as a visiting faculty member. She is currently a research fellow at Symbiosis International University, Pune. Her research areas include popular cinema, popular cultures, and questions of gender and representation at the intersection of neoliberalism. Her work has previously appeared in Economic and Political Weekly, Jump Cut, The Feminist Review, The Wire, FemAsia, Countercurrents, and HimalSouthasian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 10, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Historicizing myths in contemporary India

ISBN:

9781003363149

1003363148

9781000829891

1000829898

9781000829914

100082991X

Publisher Number:

40031599384

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