Being Bollywood

Viraj Suparsad is a post-doctoral fellow in African Feminist Imagination at The Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Media Studies from The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. His published works look at issues relating to postcolonial femininities as they emerge in popular culture spaces in the global south.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Theoretical contexts.- 3. Young women.- 4. Wives.- 5. Mothers.- 6. The tangible shift.- 7. Conclusion.