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Crossover Stars in the Hindi Film Industry : Globalizing Pakistani Identity.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (186 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000069600
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crossover Stars in the Hindi Film IndustryDDC classification:
  • 791.430954
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.I8 .K43 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A historical legacy -- 3. Globalization, new political economies, and cultural change -- 4. Aspirational affects and boundary crossing: Ali Zafar, the Pakistani "Prince of Pop" -- 5. A crossover romance: female fandom and Fawad Khan, Pakistan's "reel" gentleman -- 6. I am not your feminist: Mahira Khan and the re-scripting of Pakistani womanhood, Islam, and globalization -- 7. A fragile union: moving forward, facing backward -- Filmography -- Index.
Summary: This book explores the cultural politics of Pakistani crossover stardom in the Hindi film industry as a process of both assimilation and 'Otherness'. It analyses the career profiles of three crossover performers--Ali Zafar, Fawad Khan, and Mahira Khan.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A historical legacy -- 3. Globalization, new political economies, and cultural change -- 4. Aspirational affects and boundary crossing: Ali Zafar, the Pakistani "Prince of Pop" -- 5. A crossover romance: female fandom and Fawad Khan, Pakistan's "reel" gentleman -- 6. I am not your feminist: Mahira Khan and the re-scripting of Pakistani womanhood, Islam, and globalization -- 7. A fragile union: moving forward, facing backward -- Filmography -- Index.

This book explores the cultural politics of Pakistani crossover stardom in the Hindi film industry as a process of both assimilation and 'Otherness'. It analyses the career profiles of three crossover performers--Ali Zafar, Fawad Khan, and Mahira Khan.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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