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Bollywood vs. Hollywood: theorisation around cinema and globalization structured in opposition between western commercial and culturally imperialist cinema, and third world non-commercial, indigenous, politicized cinema.

Bollywood v . Hollywood

Bollywood vs . Hollywood

theorisation around cinema and globalization structured in opposition between western commercial and culturally imperialist cinema , and third world non-commercial , indigenous , politicized cinema Abstract

The objective of this essay is to look into the theoretical underpinnings of the divergent discourses that underlie the two biggest and most famous film industries of our time . The only common features in these two industries are that they are both very large and growing rapidly , and increasing in the sophistication of the movies they produce . Otherwise , they are

as different as chalk and cheese . While Hollywood has been accused of promoting an agenda of cultural imperialism , Bollywood has an entirely different , more politicized texture . In this essay , we shall be analysing the reasons for these different discourses , with general reference to other scholars Bollywood vs . Hollywood

theorisation around cinema and globalization structured in opposition between western commercial and culturally imperialist cinema , and third world non-commercial , indigenous , politicized cinema

From its inception as a source of entertainment , cinema has played a huge role in not just adding joy and value to people 's lives , but also in terms of spreading certain messages and values to the public . A classic and infamous use of cinema to spread what we would now call diabolical propaganda was in Nazi Germany during World War II and later in the communist countries . In the hermit kingdom of North Korea , to this day , cinema is only used as a means of spreading propaganda

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