Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

SECTION I

Concepts, methods, and introduction to the volume 1

1 Introduction

ABDUL SHABAN, FILIP VERMEYLEN AND CHRISTIAN HANDKE

2 Cultural policy and development: what are creative industries, and why do we care?

CHRISTIAN HANDKE

3 Creative industries: definitions, methodologies, and classifications for India

ABDUL SHABAN

SECTION II

Engaging with official statistics

4 Size, growth, and geographies of creative industries in India

ABDUL SHABAN AND FILIP VERMEYLEN

5 India’s exports and imports of creative goods and services: comparison with China, Brazil, and the UK

ABDUL SHABAN AND FILIP VERMEYLEN

6 Impact of digital technologies and industries on creative industries and its geographies in India

ABDUL SHABAN, FILIP VERMEYLEN AND ZINAT ABOLI

SECTION III

Communities and creativity

7 The traditional creative communities of Rajasthan: a case study of Kalbeliyas, the snake charmers and the gypsies of Rajasthan

UJJWAL DADHICH

8 Caught in the wheels of commerce? The commercialization of Madhubani painting in India

FILIP VERMEYLEN AND BHAGYALAKSHMI DAGA

9 Creativity among India’s elderly: few case studies

S.S. SRIPRIYA

SECTION IV

Cinema and music industries

10 Box office success of Bollywood films: an analysis of influencing factors

ZINAT ABOLI

11 India beyond Bollywood? Exploring the diverse Indian independent music industry in the digital age

BHAGYALAKSHMI DAGA

12 The changing landscape of travelling cinema in Maharashtra, India

GANDHARVA PEDNEKAR AND PURUSHOTTAM BHANDARE

13 Mollywood: the rise and fall of a subaltern cinema

SANJUKTA SATTAR, ABDUL SHABAN AND ALEEM FAIZEE

SECTION V

Arts and crafts

14 Handloom and handicraft in India: clusters and specializations

SANJUKTA SATTAR

15 Cultural embeddedness of gems and jewellery entrepreneurs in Jaipur

PHILIPPE CADÈNE

16 Leveraging skills into a craft through social entrepreneurship and jugaad innovation: the Chamar leatherworkers’ studio in Dharavi, Mumbai

MEGHAMRITA CHAKRABORTY AND ELLEN LOOTS

17 Creative weaving town: the carpet industry of Khairabad

RINKU

Index

About the Author

Abdul Shaban is Professor at the School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai, India.

Filip Vermeylen is Professor of Global Art Markets at the Department of Arts and Culture Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Christian Handke is Associate Professor (tenured) of Cultural Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.