The Neoliberal Self in Bollywood
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The Neoliberal Self in Bollywood

Cinema, Popular Culture, and Identity

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The Neoliberal Self in Bollywood

Cinema, Popular Culture, and Identity

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This book explores the consequences ofunbridled expansion of neoliberal valueswithin India through the lens of popularfilm and culture. The focus of the book isthe neoliberal self, which, far from being astable marker of urban, liberal, millennialIndian identity, has a schizophrenicquality, one that is replete withcontradictions and oppositions, unable tosustain the weight of its own need for self-promotion, optimism, and belief in anarrative of progress and prosperity thathas marked mainstream culturaldiscourse in India. The unstable andschizophrenic neoliberal identity that isthe concern of this book, however, beliesthis narrative and lays bare the sense ofprecarity and inherent inequality thatneoliberal regimes confer upon theirsubjects.

The analysis is explicitly political anddraws upon theories of feminist mediastudies, popular culture analyses, and filmstudies to critique mainstream Hindicinema texts produced in the last twodecades. Rele Sathe also examine a variety of otherperipheral 'texts' in her analysis such asthe film star, the urban space, web series, YouTube videos, and social mediacontent.

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Publisher
Intellect Books
Year
2024
ISBN
9781789388817
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film History & Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction: The Future that Never Was
  8. 1. The Maladjusted Metrosexual: Urban Masculinity, Neoliberal Workplaces, and Romantic Dysfunction
  9. 2. At Home in the City: Women, Sexuality, and Democratic Politics in the Urban Space
  10. 3. Forging a Fairytale: New Rituals of Romance and Marriage in Neoliberal India
  11. 4. Brand ‘Priyanka Chopra’: The Cult of Individuality, Citizenship, and the Transnational Female Celebrity
  12. Epilogue: Fraying Selves and Disintegrating Realities
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Back Cover