Gentrification in my Gully? from bollywood rap Watch Video
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Description: Taking three music videos of the Bombay rap smash hit “Mere Gully Mein” (In My Street), the original by DIVINE and Naezy, an homage by FAMOUS Crew, and a Bollywood version from Gully Boy, we present a theory of the “cinematic slum” operating through three registers: “representation”; objectification ; and gentrification. The three registers are defined by differences in perspective, participation, and people-place balance. The essay is an experiment in doing ethnographically informed
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