Dharma and the Religious Other in Hindi Popular Cinema: From Nehru through Modi

This essay examines common representations of religious minorities in Hindi popular cinema within the context of dominant post-Independence Indian religious and political ideologies—from a religiously pluralist secular socialist framework to a Hindu nationalist late capitalist orientation. We begin...

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Veröffentlicht: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie [2020]
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Jahr: 2020, Band: 6, Heft: 1, Seiten: 73-102
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Bollywood / Dharma / Religiöse Minderheit / Säkularismus
RelBib Classification:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus
KBM Asien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Hindutva
B dhārmik
B Dharma
B economic liberalization
B Hindi film
B Bollywood
B Hindi popular cinema
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