{"product_id":"helen-life-and-times-of-h-bomb-idf526","title":"HELEN: The Life And Times Of An H-Bomb","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDF526\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-author\/jerry%20pinto\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Jerry Pinto\"\u003eJerry Pinto\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-publisher\/penguin%20books%20india%20pvt%20ltd\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.\"\u003ePenguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2006\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9780143031246\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e256 (B \u0026amp; W Illus: 21)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e7.7\" X 5.1\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back of the Book:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is now over two decades since the Hindi-film heroine drove the vamp into extinction, and even longer since the silver screen was ignited by the true Bollywood version of cabared. Yet Helen- nicknamed 'H-Bomb' at the height of her career continues to rule the popular imagination. Improbably for a dance and a vamp. She has become an icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Jerry Pinto's gloriously readable book is a study of the phenomenon that was Helen: Why did a refugee of French- Burmese parentage succeed as wildly as she did in mainstream \u003ca href=\"\/book\/IndianCinema\/\"\u003eIndian cinema\u003c\/a\u003e? How could otherwise conservative families sit through and even enjoy her cabarets? What made Helen the desire that you need not be embarrassed about feeling? How did she manage the unimaginable vamp three generations of men on screen?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEqually the book is a brilliantly witty and provocative examination of middle-class Indian morality; the politics of religion gender and sexuality in popular culture; and the importance of the song, the item number and the wayword woman in Hindi cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"80%\"\u003e Introduction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The making of an H-Bomb-I\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The making of an H-Bomb-II\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 35\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The woman who could not care\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Main gud ki dali\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 63\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Good girls, bad girls\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 85\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The cure of all the sorrows of the worlds\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 102\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e She was dying to become a good girls\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 119\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The comic comes courting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 133\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Rolled gold versus gold\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 150\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Fade out, Fade in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 169\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The making of a legend\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 187\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The cult of Helen \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 206\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Acknowledgements\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 220\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e List of photographs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 222\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Filmography\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e 223\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cfont color=\"red\" size=\"5\"\u003eSample Pages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526aa.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526bb.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526cc.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526dd.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526ee.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526ff.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526gg.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/\" idf526hh.webp\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44615126843693,"sku":"IDF526","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/helen_the_life_and_times_of_an_hbomb_idf526.jpg?v=1677721928","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/products\/helen-life-and-times-of-h-bomb-idf526","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}