Mad tales from Bollywood : portrayal of mental illness in conventional Hindi cinema / Dinesh Bhugra.
| Author/creator |
Bhugra, Dinesh |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2006. |
| Description | xvi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Maudsley monographs ; no. 48 Maudsley monographs no. 48. ^A2738 |
| Contents | Cinema's culture -- Culture and mental illness -- Cinema, emotions, and psychiatry in India -- Attitudes towards mental illness -- Socioeconomic factors and cinema in India -- History of Hindi cinema -- Indian personality, villainy and history -- 1950s fun, Funtoosh and Kishore Kumar -- Psychoanalysis in the films of the 1960s -- Arrival of the new villain -- Rootless 1980s and fundamentalist 1990s -- Why should women remain behind? -- New century : new villains -- Family fun, frolics and madness in Khilona -- Electric shock treatment in Hindi cinema -- Conclusions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and indexes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes filmography. |
| LCCN | 2006003490 |
| ISBN | 1841696463 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 9781841696461 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1995.9.M463 B48 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |