Haunting Bollywood
Subtitle: gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commercial cinema
By: Meheli Sen
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781477311578; 9781477311585
Subjects: Motion pictures; Sex role in motion pictures; Hindi Motion pictures; History and criticism; Supernatural in motion pictures; Motion picture industry; Horror films; Gender identity in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Haunted havelis and hapless heroes : gender, genre and the Hindi gothic film; title: The Ramsay rampage : horror as emergency cinema; title: Ravishing reptiles : magic, masala, and the Hindi "snake film"; title: Present imperfect : Bollywood and the ghosts of neoliberalism; title: The planetary paranormal : millennial mythos and the disassembly of the "Hindi film"; title: Epilogue.