Global Bollywood Contributor(s): Kavoori, Anandam P. (Editor), Punathambekar, Aswin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814747981 ISBN-13: 9780814747988 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 302.234 |
LCCN: 2008010219 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: Bollywood is one of the most prolific film industries in the world. Based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), the industry churns out hundreds of films each year--primarily melodramatic films with music and elaborately choreographed dance routines. Bollywood's popularity is quickly spreading across the globe, and, beyond the films themselves, Bollywood has made its way into global popular culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kavoori, Anandam P.: - Anandam P. Kavoori is Associate Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Thinking Television: Media Literacy, Multiculturalism and the Work of Democracy and The Logics of Globalization: Re-imagining International Communication. Punathambekar, Aswin: -Aswin Punathambekar is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He is the co-editor of Global Bollywood (NYU Press, 2008). |