The 'Slumdog' Phenomenon: A Critical Anthology

doi:10.7135/9780857282958

'The Slumdog Phenomenon' addresses multiple issues related to 'Slumdog Millionaire' and, in the process, provides new ways of looking at this controversial film. Each of the book's four sections considers a particular aspect of the film: its relation to the nation, to the slum, to Bollywood and its reception. The volume provides a critical overview of the key issues and debates stemming from the film, and allows readers to reexamine them in light of the anthology's multiple perspectives.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Table of Contents
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Notes on Contributors
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: The Slumdog Phenomenon
pp xv-xxiv
- By Ajay Gehlawat, Sonoma State University
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SLUMDOG AND THE NATION
pp 1-2
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Chapter 1 - National Allegory
pp 3-8
- By Brian Larkin, Columbia University
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Chapter 2 - Slumdog Millionaire and the Emerging Centrality of India
pp 9-28
- By Sharmila Mukherjee, New York University
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Chapter 3 - Slumlord Aesthetics and the Question of Indian Poverty
pp 29-38
- By Nandini Chandra, University of Delhi
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Chapter 4 - Watching Time: Slumdog Millionaire and National Ontology
pp 39-50
- By Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Brown University
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SLUMDOG AND THE SLUM
pp 51-52
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Chapter 5 - Slumdog Millionaire and Epistemologies of the City
pp 53-68
- By Ulka Anjaria, Brandeis University, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Brandeis University
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Chapter 6 - A Million Dollar Exit from the Slum-World: Slumdog Millionaire's Troubling Formula for Social Justice
pp 69-90
- By Mitu Sengupta, Ryerson University
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Chapter 7 - Slumdogs and Millionaires: Facts and Fictions of Indian (Under) development
pp 91-106
- By Snehal Shingavi, University of Texas
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SLUMDOG AND BOLLYWOOD
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Chapter 8 - Slumdogs, Coolies and Gangsters: Amitabh Bachchan and the Legacy of 1970s Bollywood in Slumdog Millionaire
pp 109-120
- By Claus Tieber, University of Salzburg
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Chapter 9 - “It is Written” (in Invisible Ink): Slumdog Millionaire's SFX and the Realist Overwriting of Bollywood Spectacle
pp 121-140
- By Samhita Sunya, Rice University in Houston
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SLUMDOG'S RECEPTIONS
pp 141-142
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Chapter 10 - Why the Sun Shines on Slumdog
pp 143-148
- By Anandam Kavoori, University of Georgia
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Chapter 11 - Slumdog Celebrities
pp 149-154
- By Priya Jaikumar, University of Southern California's school of Cinematic Arts, Department of Critical Studies
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Chapter 12 - Slumdog Millionaire and the New Middlebrow
pp 155-162
- By Robert Koehler
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Chapter 13 - Slumdog Comprador: Coming to Terms with the Slumdog Phenomenon
pp 163-178
- By Ajay Gehlawat, Sonoma State University
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Chapter 14 - The Life-Cycle of Slumdog Millionaire on the Web
pp 179-200
- By Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam, Warren Buckland, Oxford Brookes University
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Conclusion: Jai Who?
pp 201-204
- By Ajay Gehlawat, Sonoma State University
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Select Bibliography
pp 205-210
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Films Cited
pp 211-212
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Index
pp 213-218
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