Bombay Cinema's Islamicate HistoriesAn engaging account of the history and influence of Muslim cultures on Bombay cinema. Following Marshal Hodgson, the term Islamicate is used to distinguish the cultural forms associated with Islam from the religion itself. The term is especially useful in South Asia where Muslim cultures have commingled with other local cultures over a millennium to form a rich vein of syncretic aesthetic expression. Comprised of fourteen essays written by major