Overview

Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans and Cultural Politics in India and Beyond examines how fans worship film stars as deities. Focusing on temples dedicated to Bollywood (Hindi cinema) stars and the artifacts produced by Hindi and Tamil cinema fans, Shalini Kakar illustrates how the fan constructs their identity as a devotee and that of the star as a deity. Extending her research from India to the US, Kakar highlights the transnational dimensions of this phenomenon to demonstrate the degree to which devotional fan practices and fan artifacts can help us rethink art, religion, and politics. With its interdisciplinary approach, this book addresses how notions of fan bhakti (devotion) are performed in the global landscape, in the process augmenting new religious models and identities based on the idea of the “cinematic sacred.”

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Author:   Shalini Kakar
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781793646279

ISBN 10:   1793646279
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   15 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

PART I. Constructing Identity: Star as a Deity and Fan as a Bhakt CHAPTER 1: Sorry God, We Worship Amitabh More than You : Bollywood Deities and the 'Publics of Fan-bhakti' CHAPTER 2: Star Murtis: Film Posters as Ritual Objects PART II. Materiality and Spatial Constructs: Devotee-Fan Art CHAPTER 3: Starring Madhuri as Durga: The Madhuri Dixit Temple and the Performative Fan-bhakti of Pappu Sardar CHAPTER 4: Transforming the Object of Art: M. F. Husain and Devotional Fandom PART III. Crossing Borders: Devotee-Fans and their Transnational Socio-Political Trajectories CHAPTER 5: Get Rajinified: India to USA, the God of Style and his Devotee-fans

Reviews

A fascinating study of film fandom in the context of Hindu bhakti. This book will engage students of religion, cinema and politics of South Asia and beyond. An excellent debut from a scholar to watch. Devotional Fanscapes gives the unique phenomenon of Bollywood fandom the scholarly attention it deserves, putting it in the context of everyday Hindu religiosity and the transnational cultural networks of which it forms an important part.

A fascinating study of film fandom in the context of Hindu bhakti. This book will engage students of religion, cinema and politics of South Asia and beyond. An excellent debut from a scholar to watch.--Rachel Dwyer, SOAS University of London, author of Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema

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Shalini Kakar is an independent scholar and art historian.

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