Journal of Media & Asian Film South Journal of ISSN 1756-4921 One Number Volume South Asian Film & Media Volume 1 Number 1 – 2009 1.1 5–8 Editorial Alka Kurian, Jyotsna Kapur and Aarti Wani Articles Studies in Studies Film | 9–21 Nautanki and Hindi Cinema: Changing Representations One Number Volume Nandi Bhatia 23–43 Between the Godfather and the Mafi a: Situating Right-Wing Interventions in the Bombay Film Industry (1992–2002) South Asian Nandana Bose 45–64 Melbourne, Indian Popular Cinema and the Marketing of ‘An Enviable Cosmopolitan Lifestyle’ Film & Media Andrew Hassam 65–83 Looking for Love in All the White Places: A Study of Skin Color Preferences on Indian Matrimonial and Mate-Seeking Websites Sonora Jha and Mara Adelman 85–99 Nationalism and Hindi Cinema: Narrative Strategies in Fanaa Shahnaz Khan 101–117 Animation in South Asia John A. Lent 119–144 A Certifi cation Anomaly: The Self-Sacrifi cial Female Body in Bombay Cinema Monika Mehta 145–172 Bollywood, Tibet, and the spatial and temporal dimensions of global modernity Anna Morcom 173–188 Caricaturizing Freedom: Islam, Offence, and The Danish Cartoon Controversy Ashwani K. Peetush 189–194 Book Reviews ISSN 1756-4921 11 intellect 9 771756 492005 www.intellectbooks.com SAFM_1.1_Cover.indd 1 1/12/09 11:44:21 AM SAFM_1.1_00_FM.qxd 2/11/09 2:47 PM Page 1 Studies in South Asian Film & Media Volume 1 Number 1 2009 Studies in South Asian Film & Media is committed to looking at Lead Editor the media and cinemas of the Indian subcontinent in their Alka Kurian social, political, economic, historical, and increasingly globalized and diasporic contexts, in relation to class, caste, gender, race, Coeditors sexuality, and ideology. The journal hopes to build a space for Jyotsna Kapur (Review Editor) critical media theory and practice, engage scholars, activists, and media practitioners in dialogue, clarify the relationship between Aarti Wani culture and politics, and highlight South Asia as a vantage point from where the contemporary integration of the globe may be understood. Analytical and theoretical perspectives that are critical, interdisciplinary, and global, and which combine an awareness of aesthetics with insights from the humanities and social sciences to explain how subjectivities and publics are produced in specific historical contexts, are especially welcome. Topics covered will include but are not limited to: history, aesthetics, and political economy of South Asian media culture; history of the progressive movement in Indian cinema and media; the crossovers between cinema, media and the other arts; critical studies of the politics of culture as used in various social movements; the new international division of cultural labor; the process and consequences of the shift from state-owned media to the neo-liberal model; globalization; cinema as social history; public spaces and theatrical exhibition; representation in con- temporary Indian writing and media on the turn towards neo-liberalism; the theory and practice of Third Cinema in the Indian context, regional/vernacular cinema; and gender and subalterneity. Prospective guest editors may approach the Lead Editor with a proposal for a themed issue. Prospective book reviewers and publishers should approach the Review Editor directly. 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