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Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema (SOAS Musicology Series) by Anna Morcom, Keith Howard is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema (SOAS Musicology Series) about?
Since their beginnings in the 1930s, Hindi films and film songs have dominated Indian public culture in India, and have also made their presence felt strongly in many global contexts. Hindi film songs have been described on the one hand as highly standardized and on the other as highly eclectic. Anna Morcom addresses many of the paradoxes eccentricities and myths of not just Hindi film songs but also of Hindi cinema by analysing film songs in cinematic context. While the presence of songs in Hindi films is commonly dismissed as 'purely commercial', this book demonstrates that in terms of the production process, musical style, and commercial life, it is most powerfully the parent film that shapes and defines the film songs and their success rather than the other way round. While they constitute India's still foremost genre of popular music, film songs are also situational, dramatic sequences, inherently multi-media in style and conception. This book is uniquely grounded in detailed musical and visual analysis of Hindi film songs, song sequences and films as well as a wealth of ethnographic material from the Hindi film and music industries. Its findings lead to highly novel ways of v
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Anna Morcom, Keith Howard
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781351563741
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Music, Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-24