Fashioning Bollywood
Subtitle: the making and meaning of Hindi film costume
By: Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781847886989; 9781847886972
Subjects: Fashion in motion pictures; Clothing and dress; Costume; Clothing and dress in motion pictures
Description: The Hindi film industry, among the most prolific in the world, has delighted audiences for decades with its colourful, exquisite and sometimes startling costumes. But are costumes more than just a source of pleasure? This book, the first in-depth exploration of Hindi film costume, contends that they are a unique source of knowledge about issues ranging from Indian taste and fashion to questions of identity, gender and work. Anthropological and film studies approaches combine to analyze costume as the outcome of production processes and as a cinematic device for conveying meaning. Chapters lead.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The people and places of costume production; title: Costume and character: wearing and being; title: Costume and the body; title: Fashion and spectacle; title: Dressing the past; title: Beyond the screen.