Bollywood in Australia

Transnationalism and Cultural Production

Andrew Hassam Makarand Paranjape, Andrew Hassam & Makarand Paranjape

• Publisher: UWA Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781742582702
• Year: 2010

In an age when creative, information and services industries propel economic growth, Bollywood and its modalities of production, distribution and reception are seen as important players in global culture-industry networks. Countries of the West—Switzerland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand—have gone out of their way to welcome Bollywood production teams, and Singapore and Bangkok are now using Bollywood to showcase an Asian modernity. The past decade has witnessed a steady increase in Australia's awareness of India as a strategic and economic partner. Bollywood plays an important role in the increased dialogue between Australia and India. This volume brings together scholars from India and Australia to explore the transnational impact of Bollywood on public spheres in Australia and to assess its contribution to Australian creative industries.

Table of contents

• Book Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction: Bollywood in Australia
• 1 The Crossover Audience: Mediated Multiculturalism and the Indian Film
• 2 Cultural Encounters: The Use and Abuse of Bollywood in Australia
• 3 Salaam Namaste, Melbourne and Cosmopolitanism
• 4 Chak De! Australia: Bollywood Down Under
• 5 Cook Cook Hota Hai: Indian Cinema, Kitchen Culture and Diaspora
• 6 Rangla Punjab in Canberra, Yamla Jatt Folk Night in Sydney, Oorja Nights in Melbourne
• 7 Sweet Dreams are Made of This: Bollywood and Transnational South Asians in Australia
• 8 Orbits of Desire: Bollywood as Creative Industry in Australia
• 9 Interview with AK Tareen, Senior Trade Commissioner—India, Government of South Australia, 27 February 2007
• Filmography
• Image Credits
• Notes on Contributors