Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India
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Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India

Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinema

  1. 210 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India

Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinema

About this book

This book examines cinematic practices in Bollywood as narratives that assist in shaping the imagination of the age, especially in contemporary India. It examines historical films released in India since the new millennium and analyses cinema as a reflection of the changing socio-political and economic conditions at any given period. The chapters in Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India: Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinemas also illuminate different perspectives on how cinematic historical representations follow political patterns and market compulsions, giving precedence to a certain past over the other, creating a narrative suited for the dominant narrative of the present. From Mughal-e-Azam to Padmaavat, and Bajirao Mastani to Raazi, the chapters show how creating history out of myths validate hegemonic identities in a rapidly evolving Indian society.

The volume will be of interest to scholars of film and media studies, literature and culture studies, and South Asian studies.

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Yes, you can access Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India by Swapna Gopinath, Rutuja Deshmukh, Swapna Gopinath,Rutuja Deshmukh in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Asian Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge India
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781000829914
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Asian Politics

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Foreword by Anjum Rajabali
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Of War and Intrigue: “Medieval” as Represented on Indian Screen
  10. 2 Humayun and Mughal-e-Azam: History and the Contemporary
  11. 3 Re-Texturing the Past: The Digital Image and the Contemporary Bollywood Historical
  12. 4 The Gender of War: National Masculinities and Hindutva in Bollywood War Cinema
  13. 5 “The Surgical Strike that Shook the Mughal Empire”: Evacuation and Distortion of Histories in Contemporary Hindi Screen Cultures
  14. 6 Raazi (2018): Spying for the Nation
  15. 7 History Into Myth: Popular Hindi Cinema and the Politics of “True Stories”
  16. 8 Bahujan Legend, Brahmanical Telling: Decoding the Lens of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
  17. 9 Cultural Hegemony or Modernity?: Pakistani Response to Bollywood’s Saffron Myth-Making
  18. 10 “A Great Republic of Hurt Sentiments”: Counter-Histories, Nationalism, and the Controversy of the Historical
  19. Index