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Title Haunting Bollywood : gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commercial cinema / Meheli Sen.
Author Sen, Meheli, 1976- author.
Edition First edition.
Publisher Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.

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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 11  Theatre K200.I6 SEN  
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Description xi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN 9781477311578 cloth : alkaline paper
9781477311585 paperback : alkaline paper
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Haunted Havelis and hapless heroes: gender, genre and the Hindi gothic film -- The Ramsay rampage: horror as emergency cinema -- Ravishing reptiles: magic, Masala, and the Hindi "snake film" -- Present imperfect: Bollywood and the ghosts of neoliberalism -- The planetary paranormal: millennial mythos and the disassembly of the "Hindi film" -- Epilogue.
Library Class Theatre K200.I6
Subject Motion pictures -- India.
Motion pictures, Hindi.
Motion picture industry -- India.
Gender identity in motion pictures.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Horror films -- History and criticism.
Supernatural in motion pictures.

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