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Language without borders English in the social imaginary of Hindi cinema, 1950-2015 Vaneeta Palecanda
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palecanda, Vaneeta, 1960- author.
- Series:
- SUNY series, horizons of cinema
- SUNY Series, horizons of cinema
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Code switching (Linguistics)--India.
- Code switching (Linguistics).
- English language--Social aspects--India.
- English language.
- English language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers.
- Language and languages in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--India--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Social classes in motion pictures.
- English language--Social aspects.
- Motion pictures--History.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- illustration
- Place of Publication:
- State University of New York Press, 2026.
- Albany SUNY Press 2026
- Summary:
- Examines how code-switching, code mixing, and accents reveal class relations embedded in Hindi cinema.Language Without Borders is the first book-length exploration of code-switching, code mixing, and accents in Hindi cinema
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Hindi to Bollywood, English to Hinglish
- Introduction: Global English, Social-Class Distinction, and Code Switching
- A Brief Story of English
- English, from Utilitarian to Symbolic Capital
- Accents, Code Switching, and Social-Class Distinction
- 1 Paradoxical Relations: English and Englishness in Hindi Cinema, 1950s and 1960s
- The Dialectics of English/Englishness in Post-Independence India
- English/Englishness in Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s
- Tradition/Modernity: Shree 420 and Mr. & Mrs. 55
- Modernizing Social Relations: Janwar and Kashmir Ki Kali
- Legitimizing Middle-Class English: Aradhana
- 2 Indian English: New Tropes of Social Distinction in Hindi Cinema, 1970s and 1980s
- A Troubled Nation: A Quick Historical Context
- Close Proximity: Disquieting Accents in Cinema
- Dangerous Proximities: Parody and Its Discontents
- English vs. Englishness: Purab aur Pachhim
- Amar Akbar Anthony
- and Sholay
- The "Angry Young Man" in Namak Haraam
- Language and Social-Class Distinction: Chupke Chupke
- Modernity and Female Subjectivity: Khubsoorat
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 04, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- Print version Palecanda, Vaneeta Language Without Borders
- ISBN:
- 9798855808216
- 9798855808223
- OCLC:
- 1596676245
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000394836
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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