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| 100 | 1 | _aAarti Wani | |
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_aFantasy of modernity : _bromantic love in Bombay cinema of the 1950s / _cAarti Wani. |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aNew Delhi _bCambridge University Press |
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_a219 p _c24 cm |
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| 500 | _aRomantic love overwhelms 1950s Bombay cinema. Love and romance is evident in the themes, lyrics and visual aesthetics of films of the period, as it is in the publicity and gossip surrounding films and film stars. Love in cinema becomes significant when social reality constrains its quotidian experience and expression. By bringing a spectacular imagination of love to centre stage, the 1950s cinema deflected anxieties of ‘Indianness’ even as the new aesthetic and affect of romance offered an alternative engagement with the contradictions of modernity. Fantasy of Modernity: Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s explores the films, the songs, the stars and the extra-cinematic discourse of the period to read love and romance as its most productive trope that mobilized a dynamic and contested public sphere. | ||
| 505 | _aIntroduction Chapter 1. City of Love Chapter 2. The Song of Love Chapter 3. Love and Stardom Conclusion Bibliography Filmography Index | ||
| 520 | _a"Looks at the role of love and romance in the Bombay cinema of the 1950s in terms of its cultural function and social significance"-- | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aMotion pictures | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLove in motion pictures. | |
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