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Filming the gods : religion and Indian cinema /
Filming the Gods examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the modern and the traditional in contemporary India is not exotic, but part of everyday life. Concentrating mainly on the Hindi cinema of Mumbai, Bollywood, it also discusses India&#...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
c2005.
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| Online Access: | http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006001846.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006001846-d.html |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The mythological genre
- 2. The devotional genre
- 3. The Islamicate film
- 4. The religious and the secular in Hindi film
- 5. Concluding remarks.