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The Neoliberal Self in Bollywood : Cinema, Popular Culture, and Identity / Namrata Rele Sathe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sathe, Namrata Rele, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--India--Mumbai.
- Motion pictures.
- Neoliberalism in motion pictures.
- Neoliberalism--India.
- Neoliberalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (115 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, IL : Intellect, [2024]
- Summary:
- This book focuses on the neoliberal self, which, far from being a stable marker of urban, liberal, millennial Indian identity, has a schizophrenic quality, replete with contradictions and oppositions, that belies the narrative of progress and prosperity that has marked mainstream cultural discourse in India. 15 b&w illus.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Future that Never Was
- 1. The Maladjusted Metrosexual: Urban Masculinity, Neoliberal Workplaces, and Romantic Dysfunction
- 2. At Home in the City: Women, Sexuality, and Democratic Politics in the Urban Space
- 3. Forging a Fairytale: New Rituals of Romance and Marriage in Neoliberal India
- 4. Brand 'Priyanka Chopra': The Cult of Individuality, Citizenship, and the Transnational Female Celebrity
- Epilogue: Fraying Selves and Disintegrating Realities
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1789388821
- 9781789388817
- 1789388813
- OCLC:
- 1417753114
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