AUTHOR: BÉRÉNICE GEOFFROY-SCHNEITER
PUBLISHER: ASSOULINE PUBLISHING
PUBLICATION DATE: MAY/ JUNE 2004
ISBN: 2843235723
U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95
HARDCOVER; 6 x 81/2
80 PAGES, 40 COLOR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHS

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ASSOULINE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE INDIAN BEAUTY
USA- Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book publishing house behind such elegant and exotic titles as Rajasthan, Maharajas' Jewels, Ethnic Style and Asian Art will release Indian Beauty: In the Spirit of Bollywood by Bèrènice Geoffroy-Schneiter. Ecstatic sole eyes, fertile hips, velvety breasts, and the sentimental, throbbing music that inspires languorous dancingóthe films born in the studio of Bombay has giving rise to an aesthetic that can be summed up in three syllables that are at once sweat and percussive: Bollywood. A knowing dose of eroticism and kitsch that is not content with just invading cinema screens of the Indian diaspora, Bollywood has influenced fashion and has entered all aspects of Western culture. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com or visit http://www.workhousepr.com/assouline/indianbeauty.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Bèrènice Geoffroy-Schneiter, archeologist and art historian by training, is a journalist and art critic. Her books for Assouline include Asian Art, Ethnic Style, Gandhara, and Geishas.

IMAGES
No use of images without prior consent from the publisher. For high resolution images click on each image to download directly to your computer. To request permission for image use, fax or email your request to Ryan Urcia at 212. 334. 1919 or urcia@workhousepr.com.

NOTE: No more than two images plus cover may be used, at no larger than 1/4 of a page and cover at any size. Mandatory photo credit must appear next to images.

Image	Photo Credit
	Page 28 Woman awaiting her lover. Indian miniature, Rajput-Bikaner school, Rajasthan. Musée des Arts Asiatiques–Guimet, Paris. © Arnaudet/RMN.
	Page 59 Kama Sutra, A Tale of Love by Mira Nair (1997). © Les Archives du 7e art.
	Page 69 A poster for Devdas, photographed in Mumbai, 2002. © Noshir Desai/Corbis. Rising above everyday grime is the splendid face of the latest Bollywood superstar, Aishwarya Rai, a former Miss World. Directed by Sanjay Bhansali, the latest film version of Devdas cost nearly twelve million dollars—an extravagance that matches the aspirations of worshipers of the god “Cinema.”
	Page 74 Devdas by Sanjay Bhansali, 2002. Here we see Paro, the heroine, portrayed by Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai.© Les Archives du 7e art.

REVIEW COPY
If you are interested in obtaining a review copy of an Assouline Spring 2004 release, please fax your request on letter head to Ryan Urcia at Workhouse Publicity, 212. 334. 1919.

SERIAL RIGHTS
For Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at
nelson@workhousepr.com.