9789386702906 - dancing with the nation : courtesans in bombay cinema di ruth vanita (3 risultati)
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Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno UnitoMajestic Books
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Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, IndiaVedams eBooks (P) Ltd
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Soft cover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. Acknowledging courtesans or tawaifs as central to popular Hindi cinema, Dancing with the Nation is the first book to show how the figure of the courtesan shapes the Indian erotic, political and religious imagination. Historically, courtesans existed outside the conventional patriarchal f…amily and carved a special place for themselves with their independent spirit, witty conversations and transmission of classical music and dance. Later, they entered the nascent world of Bombay cinemaas playback singers and actors, and as directors and producers. In Ruth Vanita's study of over 200 films from the 1930s to the presentamong them, Devdas (1935), Mehndi (1958), Teesri Kasam (1966), Pakeezah (1971), Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985), Ahista Ahista (1981), Sangeet (1992) and Ishaqzaade (2012)courtesan characters emerge as the first group of single, working women depicted in South Asian movies. Almost every female actorfrom Waheeda Rehman to Rekha and Madhuri Dixithas played the role, and compared to other central female roles, these characters have greater social and financial autonomy. They travel by themselves, choose the men they want to have relations with and form networks with chosen kin. And challenging received wisdom, in Vanita's analysis of films such as The Burning Train (1980) and Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), courtesan characters emerge as representatives of India's hybrid Hindu-Muslim culture rather than of Islamicate culture. A rigorously researched and groundbreaking account of one of the less-examined figures in the study of cinema, Dancing with the Nation is also a riveting study of gender, sexuality, the performing arts and popular culture in modern India. (jacket).
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Da: Klondyke, Almere, Paesi BassiKlondyke
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Condizione: Good. Paperback, 8vo.
