Music in Contemporary Indian Film: Memory, Voice, IdentityJayson Beaster-Jones, Natalie Sarrazin Music in Contemporary Indian Film: Memory, Voice, Identity provides a rich and detailed look into the unique dimensions of music in Indian film. Music is at the center of Indian cinema, and India’s film music industry has a far-reaching impact on popular, folk, and classical music across the subcontinent and the South Asian diaspora. In twelve essays written by an international array of scholars, this book explores the social, cultural, and musical aspects of the industry, including both the traditional center of "Bollywood" and regional film-making. Concentrating on films and songs created in contemporary, post-liberalization India, this book will appeal to classes in film studies, media studies, and world music, as well as all fans of Indian films. |
Contents
MADHUJA MUKHERJEE | |
Comeback at the End of Old Bollywood | |
Intertextual Pleasures | |
The Remixed Sound of | |
Mirchi Music Awards and the | |
Magic Destruction and Redemption in the Soundtracks | |
A R Rahmans | |
Iconic Voices in PostMillennium Tamil Cinema | |
Sounding the Himalayas | |
Imagining Rajasthan in Contemporary | |
The Adaptation | |
Interposition of the Local and | |
Afterword | |
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