SEX IN CINEMA

Category Films & Cinema
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 395

ISBN: 9.79E+12
Pages: 376 pages
Date: 2010

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Sex in Cinema: A History of Female Sexuality in Indian Films is a brave forthright and well-researched book that analyses, and puts into perspective, the portrayal of women in Hindi films. It is an objective representation of women on celluloid through the generations, from the early films like Pyaasa to the more contemporary, Salaam Namaste.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Fareed Kazmi is a professor of Political Science at the University of Allahabad and has long been associated with the study of Indian cinema and its changing facets over the years. Apart from a number of papers, he has also published the The Polotics of India’s Conventional Cinema: Imaging a Universe, Subverting the Multiverse, a book that provides an interface between politics, society and mass media.