The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema

by Ravi Vasudevan and R. Vasudevan

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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.
  • ISBN10 1349590428
  • ISBN13 9781349590421
  • Publish Date 14 January 2014 (first published 1 February 2011)
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Palgrave MacMillan
  • Edition 2011 ed.
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 457
  • Language English