Tejaswini Ganti
Biographic Data
| ID | 126256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tejaswini Ganti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tejaswini |
| FAMILY NAME | Ganti |
| SIGNATURE | GANTI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 126 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
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Anthropology, Film Industries, Modularity
The politics of commemorating the Indian cinema centenary
By discussing the politics of commemorating cinema in India, this essay reflects upon the value invested in the institution of cinema itself on the part of the state. The material, symbolic, and discursive investment in cinematic anniversaries indicates how the significance of cinema transcends questions of form, content, and viewing experience and reveals cinema's capacity to be metonymic of national or cultural identity
Fuzzy Numbers
In this essay, I focus on what has been characterized as a perennial problem for the Hindi film industry—the inability to accurately measure commercial outcome. While commentators and industry personnel criticize and lament this inability as an impediment to the rational functioning of the Hindi film industry, I argue that rather than hindering the industry, the lack of accurate information is integral to its functioning. Relying on economic theo…
Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism has been a popular concept within anthropological scholarship over the past decade; this very popularity has also elicited a fair share of criticism. This review examines current anthropological engagements with neoliberalism and explains why the concept has been so attractive for anthropologists since the millennium. It briefly outlines the history of neoliberal thought and explains how neoliberalism is different from late capitali…
Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry
Sentiments of Disdain and Practices of Distinction: Boundary-Work, Subjectivity, and Value in the Hindi Film Industry
This article complicates the discussion of commercial mass media production and takes it beyond simplistic assertions of the "bottom-line" by focusing on a specific feature of the everyday life of film production in Mumbai, India, home to the Hindi-language film industry, and more commonly known as "Bollywood." It examines the inordinate amount of criticism and contempt expressed by Hindi filmmakers about the workings of the industry as well as f…
No Longer a Frivolous Singing and Dancing Nation of Movie-Makers: The Hindi Film Industry and Its Quest for Global Distinction
This article discusses the unexpected trajectories of media production under the conditions of neoliberalism in India. Focusing on the Hindi-language film industry (better known as "Bollywood"), the article describes how the rise of neoliberal economic ideals in state policy has produced conditions within the film industry that make it possible for concerns about prestige, symbolic capital, and global distinction to take precedence over ideologie…
Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India
Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India . William Mazzarella. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2003
Bollywood: Deconstructing Cinema in Black & White
In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information and commentary on the key players in Bollywood, including composers, directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves, the a…
Centenary commemorations or centenary contestations?-Celebrating a hundred years of cinema in Bombay
The commemorations of the hundredth year of the arrival of cinema in India staged by the Government of Maharashtra were a combination of public and semi‐public rituals inscribing the history of cinema in India onto the urban landscape of Bombay. This article examines those commemorations to show how the history of cinema becomes an arena for the state to proclaim its distinct cultural identity. The centenary commemorations are an example of how a…
Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism has been a popular concept within anthropological scholarship over the past decade; this very popularity has also elicited a fair share of criticism. This review examines current anthropological engagements with neoliberalism and explains why the concept has been so attractive for anthropologists since the millennium. It briefly outlines the history of neoliberal thought and explains how neoliberalism is different from late capitali…
Fuzzy Numbers
In this essay, I focus on what has been characterized as a perennial problem for the Hindi film industry—the inability to accurately measure commercial outcome. While commentators and industry personnel criticize and lament this inability as an impediment to the rational functioning of the Hindi film industry, I argue that rather than hindering the industry, the lack of accurate information is integral to its functioning. Relying on economic theo…
Sentiments of Disdain and Practices of Distinction: Boundary-Work, Subjectivity, and Value in the Hindi Film Industry
This article complicates the discussion of commercial mass media production and takes it beyond simplistic assertions of the "bottom-line" by focusing on a specific feature of the everyday life of film production in Mumbai, India, home to the Hindi-language film industry, and more commonly known as "Bollywood." It examines the inordinate amount of criticism and contempt expressed by Hindi filmmakers about the workings of the industry as well as f…
No Longer a Frivolous Singing and Dancing Nation of Movie-Makers: The Hindi Film Industry and Its Quest for Global Distinction
This article discusses the unexpected trajectories of media production under the conditions of neoliberalism in India. Focusing on the Hindi-language film industry (better known as "Bollywood"), the article describes how the rise of neoliberal economic ideals in state policy has produced conditions within the film industry that make it possible for concerns about prestige, symbolic capital, and global distinction to take precedence over ideologie…
Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India
Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India . William Mazzarella. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2003
Centenary commemorations or centenary contestations?-Celebrating a hundred years of cinema in Bombay
The commemorations of the hundredth year of the arrival of cinema in India staged by the Government of Maharashtra were a combination of public and semi‐public rituals inscribing the history of cinema in India onto the urban landscape of Bombay. This article examines those commemorations to show how the history of cinema becomes an arena for the state to proclaim its distinct cultural identity. The centenary commemorations are an example of how a…
Bollywood: Deconstructing Cinema in Black & White
In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information and commentary on the key players in Bollywood, including composers, directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves, the a…
Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India
Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India . William Mazzarella. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2003
Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry
Sentiments of Disdain and Practices of Distinction: Boundary-Work, Subjectivity, and Value in the Hindi Film Industry
This article complicates the discussion of commercial mass media production and takes it beyond simplistic assertions of the "bottom-line" by focusing on a specific feature of the everyday life of film production in Mumbai, India, home to the Hindi-language film industry, and more commonly known as "Bollywood." It examines the inordinate amount of criticism and contempt expressed by Hindi filmmakers about the workings of the industry as well as f…
No Longer a Frivolous Singing and Dancing Nation of Movie-Makers: The Hindi Film Industry and Its Quest for Global Distinction
This article discusses the unexpected trajectories of media production under the conditions of neoliberalism in India. Focusing on the Hindi-language film industry (better known as "Bollywood"), the article describes how the rise of neoliberal economic ideals in state policy has produced conditions within the film industry that make it possible for concerns about prestige, symbolic capital, and global distinction to take precedence over ideologie…
Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism has been a popular concept within anthropological scholarship over the past decade; this very popularity has also elicited a fair share of criticism. This review examines current anthropological engagements with neoliberalism and explains why the concept has been so attractive for anthropologists since the millennium. It briefly outlines the history of neoliberal thought and explains how neoliberalism is different from late capitali…
The politics of commemorating the Indian cinema centenary
By discussing the politics of commemorating cinema in India, this essay reflects upon the value invested in the institution of cinema itself on the part of the state. The material, symbolic, and discursive investment in cinematic anniversaries indicates how the significance of cinema transcends questions of form, content, and viewing experience and reveals cinema's capacity to be metonymic of national or cultural identity
Fuzzy Numbers
In this essay, I focus on what has been characterized as a perennial problem for the Hindi film industry—the inability to accurately measure commercial outcome. While commentators and industry personnel criticize and lament this inability as an impediment to the rational functioning of the Hindi film industry, I argue that rather than hindering the industry, the lack of accurate information is integral to its functioning. Relying on economic theo…
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Anthropology, Film Industries, Modularity
South Asian Cinema and Culture (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · History (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Movie theater (4 works)