Urdu, Hindi, Hinglish, English...multilingualism complicates and enriches Bollywood filmmaking, as does the linguistic interplay between generations in a time of rapid societal change. 'What language is mine and just how 'mine' is it?' is but one of the questions posed in Show Me Your Words. In this book, Connie Haham tours the rich sociolinguistic landscape in evidence both in the making of Hindi movies and in the movies themselves. Sounds, words and lines come to us via the human voice in this audio-visual medium and provide a power and poetry essential to the well-crafted scene. Featuring insightful conversations with noted film personalities such as Javed Akhtar, Shabhana Azmi, Jaideep Sahni, Piyush Mishra, Nagesh Kukunoor, Elahe Hiptoola, Kader Khan, Javed Siddiqi, Shridhar Raghavan and many more, this book analyses attitudes towards language and language change through the prism of Hindi cinema. Product det...
Written in a contemporary and accessible voice, Drugs: Mind, Body, and Society offers more than knowledge and study skills. It is a multidisciplinary text that provides students with a comprehensive discussion about drugs and drug effects that weaves together physiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology, society, culture, media, history, law, and religion. With an emphasis on critical thinking skills, this book teaches students to evaluate research,
assess sources of data, and discern fact from opinion, so that they can make intelligent decisions that improve the quality of their lives.FEATURES*"Thinking Critically About
Drugs," a separate section at the start of the book, teaches students how to evaluate data, validate sources, and understand how drug research is conducted*True/False chapter-opening questions, with answers, draw students into the material by asking them provocative questions that challenge commonly held misconceptions about drugs*"Critical Evaluations" in most chapters delve into controversial topics and teach students to evaluate research and information from multiple
perspectives *"Ask Yourself" questions encourage students to reflect on and discuss their own ideas about the chapter material*"Quick Hits" scattered throughout each chapter provide
students with brief, interesting anecdotes or fun facts from various disciplines, like history and economics*"The Straight Dope" boxes feature historical and biographical profiles, cases, self-knowledge tests, and points of clinical or cultural relevance
Product details
- Paperback | 600 pages
- 213.36 x 274.32 x 22.86mm | 1,202.02g
- 29 Jun 2018
- Oxford University Press Inc
- New York, United States
- English
- Illustrations, unspecified
- 0199949115
- 9780199949113
- 2,158,401
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