Fashioning Bollywood

Description:

The Hindi film industry, among the most prolific in the world, has delighted audiences for decades with its colourful, exquisite and sometimes startling costumes. But are costumes more than just a source of pleasure? This book, the first in-depth exploration of Hindi film costume, contends that they are a unique source of knowledge about issues ranging from Indian taste and fashion to questions of identity, gender and work. Anthropological and film studies approaches combine to analyze costume as the outcome of production processes and as a cinematic device for conveying meaning. Chapters lead.

subjects: Fashion in motion pictures,  Clothing and dress,  Costume,  Clothing and dress in motion pictures,  Social aspects,  Motion picture actors and actresses,  Costume, india,  Motion picture industry,  Fashion,  Motion pictures,  Fashion & society

Places: India