Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity

Production, Representation, and Reception

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by Nadira Khatun

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > India

Keywords

India, Hindi cinema, religion, sociology

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 304 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-19-889101-7

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Book Presentation:
• The book is an important intervention in the discussion around the representation of ethnic and religious minorities in Bollywood cinema.
• It represents the perspectives of consumers as well as producers of Bollywood films by providing insights into the subjective views of various stakeholders such as filmmakers, film critics, and audiences, capturing their constructions of reality via cinematic space.
• It enriches our understanding of the complexities of Muslim representations in India, and the way these intersect with Bollywood.

The book joins a growing scholarship in the field of Bollywood film studies, encompassing methodological sub-groups such as discursive or narrative studies, textual analysis, audience research, and the political economy of Bollywood. It particularly focuses on the representation of Muslims in postcolonial Bollywood cinema that draws upon earlier questions and concerns about narrative style and the politics of representing Muslims. It also includes issues concerning Muslim film genres and the chronological shift in the portrayal of Muslims that is contingent upon national politics. In Bollywood cinema, Muslims have traditionally been portrayed through the lens of religion. Narratives associated with that specific religious identity have been adapted, based on the socio-political setting of the country at the time of the film's making. The study, thus, adds to scholarship on 'representation' in popular Hindi cinema.

About the Author:
Dr Nadira Khatun, Assistant Professor, School of Communications, XIM University, Odisha. Nadira Khatun is Assistant Professor at the School of Communications, XIM University, Odisha. She has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton. Khatun's research and teaching interests are film studies, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, popular culture, Muslim identity, Indian cinema, media representation, and new media. She has contributed to multiple national and international academic journals and edited volumes on Bollywood, Muslim identity, and social media.

See the publisher website: Oxford University Press