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  Is Bollywood Still Producing Musicals? (Has It Ever?)

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  Nilanjana Bhattacharjya Arizona State University

  June 13, 2012

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  outside the cinema hall through commercial recordings and radio broadcasts, and today they also circulate ...
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  Hmong Bollywood

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  Jigna Desai University of Minnesota

  April 18, 2008

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  transnationalism Curator's Note Is it possible to be a diaspora without a “homeland” cinema or media? What ...
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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K.

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  Shanti Kumar University of Texas at Austin

  April 17, 2007

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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K. South Asian Shilpa Shetty reality TV racism Jane Goody intersectionality international TV formats diaspora class channel 4 Britain Bollywood Big Brother Curator's N ...
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  BollyWood for the Trees

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  Vamsee Juluri University of San Francisco

  March 12, 2007

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  BollyWood for the Trees Bollywood Orientalism parody The Simpsons otherness pastiche postcolonialism totems Curator's Note Does America get it right when it looks at Indian cinema? This Simpsons episode shows detail (e.g. Kannada shop signs) and orie ...
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  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail

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  Shalini Shankar Northwestern University

  April 30, 2008

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  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail Youtube viral video United States race President politics masculinity elections CamPain 2008 Bollywood Asian American Curator's Note In December 2007, 22 year old white American vir ...