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Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics - Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series 1st edition
Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics - Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
This book considers the popular cinema of North India (Bollywood) and how it recasts literary classics. It addresses the socio-political implications of popular reinterpretations of elite culture, exploring gender issues and the perceived sexism of popular films and how that plays out when literature is reworked into film.
272 pages, 8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 14, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415447416 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 560 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Pauwels, Heidi R.M. (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) |