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Bollywood, Postcolonial Transformation, and Modernity BILL ASHCROFT
Travels of Bollywood Cinema: From Bombay to LA Anjali Gera Roy and Chua Beng Huat Print publication date: 2012 Print ISBN-13: 9780198075981 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2012 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198075981.001.0001
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198075981.003.0002
This chapter explores globalization and resistance to globalization from the perspective of postcolonial theory. It argues that resistance to cultural domination occurs through transformation of those influences rather than simple opposition, citing Bollywood as the most powerful example of ‘transformative cultural resistance’ as well as of ‘alternative modernities’. Bollywood can be disengaged from its subordination to Hollywood by viewing it as a transformation of the institution and technology of cinema to create a total, internally consistent entertainment form with new forms of film narrative and visual styles. The chapter contests the idea of the demise of the idea of the nation in the wake of globalization, and proposes the concept of ‘transnation’ or a nation that is deeply rooted in its past and yet crosses borders, with Bollywood as the prime example. Keywords: globalization, transformative cultural resistance, cultural domination, alternative modernities, transnation, border crossing
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