The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema

By Ravi Vasudevan

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230247644
• ISBN13: 9780230247642
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 457 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"