The “Slumdog” Phenomenon: A Critical AnthologyAjay Gehlawat “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. |
Contents
National Allegory | 3 |
Slumdog Millionaire and the Emerging Centrality of India | 9 |
Slumlord Aesthetics and the Question | 29 |
Slumdog Millionaire | 39 |
Slumdog Millionaire and Epistemologies of the City | 53 |
Facts and Fictions | 91 |
Amitabh | 109 |
Slumdog Millionaires | 121 |
Why the Sun Shines on Slumdog | 143 |
Slumdog Celebrities | 149 |
Slumdog Millionaire and the New Middlebrow | 155 |
Coming to Terms with | 163 |
The LifeCycle of Slumdog Millionaire on the | 179 |
Conclusion Jai Who? | 201 |
Films Cited | 211 |
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