Is it all about hips? : around the world with Bollywood dance

Author(s)

• Shresthova, Sangita

Bibliographic Information

Is it all about hips? : around the world with Bollywood dance

Sangita Shresthova

SAGE, 2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The first comprehensive book on Bollywood dance culture, Is It All About Hips? traces Bollywood dances as they are interpreted, created, and produced in three locations: Mumbai (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Los Angeles (USA). In this pioneering work, Sangita Shresthova brings alive the world of Bollywood dance through the chronicling and analyses of live performances, dance classes, film spectatorship, and personal narratives. Watch how dances travel and meanings unravel...

Table of Contents

Foreword Kabir Bedi Preface Introduction Dancing through the Decades: A Bit of Theory and History Bombay and the Bodies of Bollywood Dance Under Bollywood's Big Umbrella? Bollywood Dance in Kathmandu More Indian Than India? Bollywood Dance in Los Angeles Conclusion Appendices Notes Selected Films Cited Glossary Index

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Details

• NCID: BB10015479
• ISBN:
  • 9788132106852
• LCCN: 2011029343
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Los Angeles
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 223 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV1703.I513
  • DC23 : 793.31954
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Dance -- India
  • LCSH : Bhangra (Music)
  • LCSH : Motion picture industry -- India -- Bombay