1st Edition
Bollywood and Globalization The Global Power of Popular Hindi Cinema
Foreword Daya Thussu Introduction: Bollywood and Globalization: Researching Popular Hindi Cinema through the Lens of Film Flows David J. Schaefer and Kavita Karan Part 1: Transcultural Contexts and Soft Power 1. The big stick behind "soft power"? The case of Indian films in international markets Sunitha Chitrapu 2. Bollywood at Large: Who is watching Bollywood films? Anjali Gera Roy 3. Transnational Elements In Hong Kong And Hindi Film Industries: A Comparative Analysis Suruchi Mazumdar Part 2: Cinematic Content and Soft Power 4. Box Office and "Bollywood": An Analysis of Soft Power Content in Popular Hindi Cinema David J. Schaefer 5. Cinematic Soft Power and Contraflows: The Prevalence of South Asian Culture and Art in Popular Hindi Cinema David J. Schaefer, Kavita Karan, Amar Donepudi, and Namrata Bansal 6. The Impact of Globalization on Bollywood Cinema’s Depictions of Violence, Sexuality, Crime, Social vice and Romance David J. Schaefer and Kavita Karan 7. The Changing Face of Indian Women in the Era of Global Bollywood Divya Anujan, David J. Schaefer, and Kavita Karan Part 3: Cinematic Soft Power and Audiences 8. Bollywood Cinema and Contemporary Audiences: Surveying Viewer Perceptions and Practices David J. Schaefer and Kavita Karan 9. Cultural connections in a globalized orld: The power of Bollywood in the United States Kavita Karan 10. Emotional Arousal and Bollywood: Assessing Cortical Activation for Violent, Sexual, and Romantic Content in Popular Hindi Cinema David J. Schaefer, Joseph Pathakamuri, Stephen Sammut, and Kavita Karan
Biography
David J. Schaefer is Professor of the Department of Communication Arts at Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA. He has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on film and digital media and is a member of the Asian Media Information and Communication and International Communication Association.
Kavita Karan is an Associate Professor at the School of Journalism at the Southern Illinois University, USA. Her edited and co-edited books include Cyber Communities in Rural Asia: A Study of Seven Asian Countries, Commercializing Women: Images of Asian Women in the Media, Singapore General Elections 2001: Study of the Media, Politics and Public and Information Policies in Asia: Development of Indicators.
