Beyond Bollywood : the cultural politics of South Asian diasporic film / Jigna Desai.
"Beyond Bollywood is the first comprehensive look at the emergence, development, and significance of contemporary South Asian diasporic cinema. From a feminist and queer perspective, Jigna Desai explores the hybrid cinema of the "Brown Atlantic" through a close look at films in Englis...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Summary: | "Beyond Bollywood is the first comprehensive look at the emergence, development, and significance of contemporary South Asian diasporic cinema. From a feminist and queer perspective, Jigna Desai explores the hybrid cinema of the "Brown Atlantic" through a close look at films in English from and about South Asian diasporas in the United States, Canada, and Britain, including such popular films as My Beautiful Laundrette, Fire, Monsoon Wedding, and Bend it Like Beckham." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0647/2003012737-d.html. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Filmography: pages 265-272. |
| ISBN: | 0415966841 9780415966849 041596685X 9780415966856 020364395X 9780203643952 |