Once Upon a Time in Bollywood

The Global Swing in Hindi Cinema

Gurbir Jolly, Zenia Wadhwani, and Deborah Barretto

Once Upon a Time in Bollywood presents an extravaganza of essays on globalization and contemporary Hindi cinema (“Bollywood”). The wide-ranging analytic strategies in the collection—including ethnographic self-reflection, literary comparison, economic contextualization, and biographic study – bear witness to Hindi cinema’s aesthetically elaborate and politically entangled treatment of postcolonial concerns. Together, these essays invite fresh, critically informed engagements with many of the key issues and creative tensions that continue to shape the world’s most prolific film industry. For connoisseurs and critics of Hindi cinema alike, Once Upon a Time in Bollywood presents stirring insights into popular culture.

Featuring essays by:
Susan Dewey, Monika Mehta, Radhika Desai, Nitin Deckha, Jenny Sharpe, Ravinder Kaur, Usamah Ansari, Sonia Benjamin, Ahmad Saidullah, Jennifer Thomas, and Florian Stadtler.

ISBN: 9781894770408 
Price: $25.95