{"product_id":"hindi-cinema-and-pakistan-screening-the-idea-and-the-reality-paperback","title":"Hindi Cinema and Pakistan: Screening the Idea and the Reality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeenakshi Bharat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, Mumbai-based Hindi cinema has been returning compulsively to the idea of Pakistan, sometimes as the desirable other, sometimes as the horrifying antagonist. \u003ci\u003eHindi Cinema and Pakistan\u003c\/i\u003e traces the genesis and development of this theme in Hindi cinema in the 1950s, showcasing its relevance as a tool that both reflects and shapes how India sees its neighbour, the India-Pakistan relationship, and itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a serious, multi-platform, multi-pronged exploration of the appearances, invocations, representations and treatment of Pakistan and Pakistanis in Hindi cinema. It follows Hindi cinema's efforts to come to terms with the 'idea' and 'reality' of Pakistan. Through in-depth analyses of the enmity and rivalry between the two subcontinental nations in Partition films, thrillers, epic war films and sports films, to screen depictions of the shared cultural past and similarities in films on cross-border love or in films that show a reaching out through humour, this book investigates the visualization of Pakistan and contextualizes these representations within the broader frameworks of India's political, socio-cultural and popular discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extensive reach of the in-depth textual analyses of Hindi cinema will make this volume interesting and valuable both to the lay reader and to researchers and academics of cultural studies, media and film studies, and the study of socio-psychological violence in media and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeenakshi Bharat\u003c\/b\u003e, writer, translator, reviewer and cultural theorist, teaches in the University of Delhi. Her special interests include children's literature, women's fiction, and film, postcolonial, translation and cultural studies--areas which she has extensively researched. She has published \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Colony: The Child in Postcolonial Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, a monograph, \u003ci\u003eDesert in Bloom: Indian Women Writers of Fiction in English\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilming the Line of Control: The Indo-Pak Relationship through the Cinematic Lens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRushdie the Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e, children's books, \u003ci\u003eLittle Elephant throws a Party \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Friends. \u003c\/i\u003eHer wide and variegated writing, both creative and critical, is spurred by contemporary concerns. She has co-edited and contributed to five successful Indo-Australian Short Fiction anthologies (\u003ci\u003eFear Factor: Terror Incognito, Alien Shores: Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Only Connect: Technology and Us, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlass Walls: Stories of Tolerance and Intolerance, Relatively True: Stories of Truth, Deception and Post Truth (2022), \u003c\/i\u003ewhich have variously taken on the burning issues of terrorism, asylum seekers, technology and us, tolerance and intolerance, and truth, deception and post-truth. Her monographs-- \u003ci\u003eTroubled Testimonies: Terrorism and the English Novel in India \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and\u003ci\u003e Shooting Terror: Terrorism and the Hindi Film \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) take on the impact of terrorism on contemporary Indian culture. She served as President of the International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM, UNESCO, 2014-2017), as a bureau member of the International Council of Philosophy and the Human Sciences (CIPSH, UNESCO) and as the Treasurer of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA) from 2012-2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753057059104,"sku":"9781032845197","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/79e73d594a169bebe9fd80a83fff80be.webp?v=1780011452","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hindi-cinema-and-pakistan-screening-the-idea-and-the-reality-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}