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The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema R. Vasudevan
The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema
R. Vasudevan
What does it mean to say Indian movies are melodramatic? How do film audiences engage with socio-political issues? What role has cinema played in the emergence of new economic forms, consumer cultures and digital technologies in a globalizing India? Ravi Vasudevan addresses these questions in a wide-ranging analysis of Indian cinema.
476 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 1, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230247642 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 457 |
| Dimensions | 147 × 227 × 33 mm · 712 g |