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Language Without Borders: English in the Social Imaginary of Hindi Cinema, 1950-2015

By Vaneeta Palecanda
Hardcover
$125.00
By Vaneeta Palecanda
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Examines how code-switching, code mixing, and accents reveal class relations embedded in Hindi cinema.

Language Without Borders is the first book-length exploration of code-switching, code mixing, and accents in Hindi cinema. Considering political shifts—from socialism to free-market liberalization—and their manifestations across several decades of Hindi cinema, the book examines the visual and aural representations of English/Englishness in popular films, from Shree 420 to English Vinglish,...

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