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...
A sexy, romantic women's fiction thriller set in San Francisco
Julie and Abby are two young women trying to get their lives together when they meet with two men they should avoid but don't. From glamor makeovers to the solution of a clever high-tech crime, they lead the reader on a fast-paced adventure with some unpredictable results.
Product details
- Paperback | 244 pages
- 140 x 216 x 14mm | 313g
- 30 Jan 2009
- Outskirts Press
- Parker CO, United States
- English
- Illustrations, black and white
- 143273394X
- 9781432733940
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