Globalization and Cultural Narcissism: Note On Bollywood Cinema

Wimal Dissanayake

doi:10.1386/ac.15.1.143_1

ISSN: 1059-440X
E-ISSN: 2049-6710

Globalization and Cultural Narcissism: Note On Bollywood Cinema
By Wimal Dissanayake
Source: Asian Cinema, Volume 15, Issue 1, Mar 2004, p. 143 - 150
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/ac.15.1.143_1
Language: English
- Published online: 01 Mar 2004

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Abstract

To understand the emergence and popularity of Bollywood cinema, one has to situate it in the larger context of Indian social and political developments. Concomitantly, the emergence of Bollywood sheds light on a set of political issues that is vital to contemporary Indian life.

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