{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in South Asian Studies","slug":"new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341","podcast_index_feed_id":313341,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT2660294853","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ce63f172-ee9f-11e8-9c82-9fa3a8de8305/image/27e3068860a1d01d7bc195aa869ebc16.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":1412,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T18:21:58.994390+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341"},"episode":{"title":"Shikha Jhingan, \"The Female Playback in Bombay Cinema: Voice, Body, Technology\" (Wayne State UP, 2025)","slug":"shikha-jhingan-the-female-playback-in-bombay-cinema-voice-body-technology-wayne-state-up-2025","published_at":"2026-06-09T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/shikha-jhingan-the-female-playback-in-bombay-cinema-voice-body-technology-wayne-state-up-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9806593648.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9806593648.mp3","summary":"How the sound of the female playback voice impacts Bollywood's cultural, musical, and cinematic environment. Drawing on sound studies and performance theory, scholar Shikha Jhingan explores the discursive nature of the female playback voice in Bombay film songs in The Female Playback in Bombay Cinema: Voice, Body, Technology (Wayne State UP, 2025). Mapping the production, circulation, and reception of the voices of singing stars—notably Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle—Jhingan situates the singing voice as a cinematic object with limitless possibilities of distribution and dispersal. She employs the perspectives of a diverse range of listeners across a vast media landscape to illustrate how the affective charge of the female playback voice, combined with developments in audio technology, has led to a gradual expansion of opportunities for women in film, popular music, and media and audio production. With nuanced exploration of the way the human voice becomes intertwined with devices such as the microphone, radio, cassettes, and digital technologies, Jhingan argues for the sonic excess of the female voice beyond the narrative and visual. The Female Playback in Bombay Cinema is an authoritative addition to the field of sound studies with implications for gender studies, performance studies, and cinema studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies","meta_description":"How the sound of the female playback voice impacts Bollywood's cultural, musical, and cinematic environment. Drawing on sound studies and performance theo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2738,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/episodes/shikha-jhingan-the-female-playback-in-bombay-cinema-voice-body-technology-wayne-state-up-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/shikha-jhingan-the-female-playback-in-bombay-cinema-voice-body-technology-wayne-state-up-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}