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Wanted Cultured Ladies Only!: Female Stardom and Cinema in India, 1930s-1950s [1° ed.] 0252034325, 9780252034329
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Wanted Cultured Ladies Only!
Neepa Majumdar
Wanted Cultured Ladies Only! female stardom and cinema in india, 1930s–1950s
University of Illinois Press Urbana and Chicago
All photos are courtesy of the National Film Archive of India unless otherwise indicated. © 2009 by Neepa Majumdar All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Majumdar, Neepa. Wanted cultured ladies only! : female stardom and cinema in India, 1930s–1950s / Neepa Majumdar. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-252-03432-9 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-252-07628-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Motion pictures—India—History. 2. Motion picture actors and actresses—India—Biography. 3. Actresses—India—Biography. 4. Women in motion pictures. I. Title. pn1993.5.i8m34 2009 791.4302'8092291411—dc22 2008035896
Contents
List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Translocating Hollywood Stardom in India 1
Part I. “India Has No Stars”
1. The Split Discourse of Indian Stardom
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