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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Hindi films"”.
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We are like this only : Desis and Hindi films in the Diaspora
… tools that might help us understand how Hindi films are watched in the Indian- American diaspora and what viewers, situated in particular historical, socio-political contexts, bring to bear upon their engagement with these films. In spite of the sheer number of Hindi films released each …
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Filmi vs the Everyday:Hindi films in the lives of women in an Indian village
… the purpose and significance of contemporary Hindi films for women living in Narwal, a north Indian village near Kanpur city. Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out over four months, interacting with more than 80 women aged 18-80 years, this thesis highlights the complexities of …
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Strictly Bollywood? : story, camera and movement in Hindi film dance
… part of popular Indian cinema. Over the years, Hindi film dance has evolved from a cinematically simplistic, filmed documentation of performance traditions, to a recognized and increasingly respected dance category emulated in staged performances in India and abroad. Despite their significance, …
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Indian-American self-representation : transmission of culture through the entertainment medium of film
This study examined Hindi film representations of people of Indian origin residing outside India, Hollywood film representations of people of Indian ethnicity in America, as well as self-representation in Indian-American films. The researcher used the quantitative methodology of content analysis to …
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Abrogated identity : Muslim representation in Hindi popular cinema 1947-2000
… How do the representations of Muslims in Hindi Popular Cinema deny the community identification with the nation. It establishes Hindi cinema as the 'de facto' national cinema and explores the nature of identity and communal relations between the two major Indian religious communities, …
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Ethnography of Indian diaspora women watching Bollywood cinema in South Africa
… are reflected in the movies sponsored by them. Hindi films have in many circles become India's unannounced ambassadors in spreading the gospel of Indian culture. It thus becomes problematic because women are portrayed as selfless, ambitionless, sacrificing, chaste, submissive, subservient and …