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Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema

Door Anna Morcom

Categorie
Film, Cinema & TV
Boeknummer
#389611-VG50
Titel
Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema
Auteur
Morcom, Anna
Boektype
Paperback hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Hampshire : Ashgate Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
0754651983
ISBN13
9780754651987
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original green boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Since their beginnings in the 1930s, Hindi films and film songs have dominated Indian public culture in India, and have also made their presence felt strongly in many global contexts. Hindi film songs have been described on the one hand as highly standardized and on the other as highly eclectic. Anna Morcom addresses many of the paradoxes eccentricities and myths of not just Hindi film songs but also of Hindi cinema by analysing film songs in cinematic context. While the presence of songs in Hindi films is commonly dismissed aspurely commercial this book demonstrates that in terms of the production process, musical style, and commercial life, it is most powerfully the parent film that shapes and defines the film songs and their success rather than the other way round. While they constitute... (Lees verder) India's still foremost genre of popular music, film songs are also situational, dramatic sequences, inherently multi-media in style and conception. This book is uniquely grounded in detailed musical and visual analysis of Hindi film songs, song sequences and films as well as a wealth of ethnographic material from the Hindi film and music industries. Its findings lead to highly novel ways of viewing Hindi film songs, their key role in Hindi cinema, and how this affects their wider life in India and across the globe. It will be indispensable to scholars seeking to understand both Hindi film songs and Hindi cinema. It also forms a major contribution to popular music, popular culture, film music studies and ethnomusicology, tackling pertinent issues of cultural production, (multi-)media, and the cross-cultural use of music in Hindi cinema. The book caters for both music specialists as well as a wider audience.
Minder lezen
Pagina's
359
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 50,00

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