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Fashioning Bollywood: The Making and Meaning of Hindi Film Costume
Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber
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The Hindi film industry, among the most prolific in the world, has delighted audiences for decades with its colourful, exquisite and sometimes startling costumes. But are costumes more than just a source of pleasure? This book, the first in-depth exploration of Hindi film costume, contends that they are a unique source of knowledge about issues ranging from Indian taste and fashion to questions of identity, gender and work. Anthropological and film studies approaches combine to analyze costume as the outcome of production processes and as a cinematic device for conveying meaning. Chapters lead from the places where costume is ... Read more
The Hindi film industry, among the most prolific in the world, has delighted audiences for decades with its colourful, exquisite and sometimes startling costumes. But are costumes more than just a source of pleasure? This book, the first in-depth exploration of Hindi film costume, contends that they are a unique source of knowledge about issues ranging from Indian taste and fashion to questions of identity, gender and work. Anthropological and film studies approaches combine to analyze costume as the outcome of production processes and as a cinematic device for conveying meaning. Chapters lead from the places where costume is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847886972
SKU
V9781847886972
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99-10
About Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber
Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Washington State University, Vancouver, USA.
Reviews for Fashioning Bollywood: The Making and Meaning of Hindi Film Costume
This book will appeal to anyone interested in the anthropology of material culture, social systems, gender studies, dress and body, film studies, Indian culture, and fashion. It will also appeal to the more analytically minded Bollywood cinema lover. It is essential reading for those whose focus is on dress.
Lynne Hume, The University of Queensland
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Lynne Hume, The University of Queensland
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