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Rachel Dwyer
Researcher at SOAS, University of London
Publications - 46
Citations - 695
Rachel Dwyer is an academic researcher from SOAS, University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hindi & Hinduism. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 44 publications receiving 642 citations.
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Cinema India: The Visual Culture of Hindi Film
Rachel Dwyer,Divia Patel +1 more
TL;DR: Dwyer and Patel as discussed by the authors examined the visual culture of Indian cinema, specifically Bombay-based cinema since 1913, tracing its roots in early photography, theatre and chromolithography and its development as a visual regime that dominates Indian popular culture.
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Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema
TL;DR: Filming the Gods as discussed by the authors examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the modern and the traditional in contemporary India is not exotic, but part of everyday life.
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Pleasure and the nation: the history, politics and consumption of public culture in India
Rachel Dwyer,Christopher Pinney +1 more
TL;DR: This paper addressed aspects of popular/public culture in a manner that connects with contemporary political controversy, i.e., liberalization, Hinduvata, etc., focusing mainly on film and mass media, and includes contributions by Ravi Vasudevan, Patricia Uberoi, Sara Dickey, Nicholas Dirks and a number of first-rate South Asian scholars.
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The Hindi romantic cinema: Yash Chopra's Kabhi Kabhie and Silsila
TL;DR: The Hindi romantic cinema: Yash Chopra's Kabhi kabhie and Silsila as discussed by the authors, is a classic example of Hindi romantic movies, with a focus on women's empowerment.