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Pop Culture India! Media, Arts, and Lifestylefollows the rise of modern India's pop culture world, especially since the 1980s, when relaxed censorship and economic liberalization led to an explosion in movies, music, mass media, consumerism, spiritual practices, and more. It is a captivating introduction to a diverse nation whose appetite for entertainment has led to some surprising twists and turns in recent history.
How did a popular Indian television series spark a change in government and the rise of Hindu nationalism? Are some Bollywood film companies laundering money for organized crime, or even al Qaeda? What accounts for the overwhelming popularity of that quaint vestige of colonialism, cricket? The answers, and many more intriguing insights, await the reader in Pop Culture India!
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The over-the-top musicals of Bollywood may be the most familiar aspect of Indian popular culture, but there are many more, all explored in this fascinating volume.
Pop Culture India Media, Arts, and Lifestyle follows the rise of modern India's pop culture world, especially since the 1980s, when relaxed censorship and economic liberalization led to an explosion in movies, music, mass media, consumerism, spiritual practices, and more. It is a captivating introduction to a diverse nation whose appetite for entertainment has led to some surprising twists and turns in recent history.
How did a popular Indian television series spark a change in government and the rise of Hindu nationalism? Are some Bollywood film companies laundering money for organized crime, or even al Qaeda? What accounts for the overwhelming popularity of that quaint vestige of colonialism, cricket? The answers, and many more intriguing insights, await the reader in Pop Culture India
Synopsis
·The first contemporary survey of all facets of Indian popular culture in one concise volume
·Explores the impact of the India's deep-rooted social divisions and economic disparity on popular culture and vice versa
·Looks at how India's rich mythological heritage has become the basis for all kinds of popular entertainment
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·A rich collection of stills from Indian cinema, theater, television, and sports, plus photographs of significant sites and celebrities
·A multidisciplinary bibliography covering cinema, theater, television, radio, print media, sport, and sociology, plus a helpful glossary of key terms such as cablewallahs, bhajan, and playback