Movies, Masculinity, and Modernity
Subtitle: An Ethnography of Men's Filmgoing in India (Contributions in Sociology)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: March 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780313312878
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Film theory & criticism; Gender studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Motion Pictures (Specific Aspects); Sociology Of Men; Social Science; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Sociology; India; Ethnic Studies - General; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Men's Studies - Masculinity; Social Science / Sociology / General; Film & Video - General; Men's Studies - General; Motion picture audiences; Motion pictures; Motion pictures and men; Social aspects
First sentence: While many Indians criticize popular films as intoxicating, time-wasting, and prompting bad behavior, movies are nevertheless ubiquitous in modern urban India.