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This book explores India's rich popular culture and provides illuminating insights into various aspects of the social, cultural, economic and political realities of contemporary globalised India. It is essential reading for courses on Indian popular culture and a useful resource for more general courses in the field of cultural studies, media studies, history, literary studies and communication studies.
Auteur
K. Moti Gokulsing is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of East London. He is the co-founder and co-editor of the journal South Asian Popular Culture (SAPC) published by Routledge. His Illusions of a South Asian Identity was published in the April 2008 issue of SAPC.
Wimal Dissanayake is a Professor in the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii. He is the founding editor of the East-West Film Journal and the author and editor of a large number of books including Global/Local: Cultural Production and the Transnational Imaginary. He is also a distinguished creative writer who has won Sri Lankan national awards for his poetry and literary writings.
Résumé
As India celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its independence, much praise was lavished on its emergence as a major player on the global stage. Its economic transformation and geopolitical significance as a nuclear power are matched by its globally resonant cultural resources. This book explores India's rich popular culture. Chapters provide illuminating insights into various aspects of the social, cultural, economic and political realities of contemporary globalised India. Structured thematically and drawing on a broad range of academic disciplines, the book deals with critical issues including:- Film, television and TV soaps- Folk theatre, Mahabharata-Ramayana ,myths, performance, ideology and religious nationalism - Music, dance and fashion - Comics, cartoons, photographs, posters and advertising - Cyberculture and the software industry - Indian feminisms- Sports and tourism - Food cultureOffering comprehensive coverage of the emerging discipline of popular culture in India, this book is essential reading for courses on Indian popular culture and a useful resource for more general courses in the field of cultural studies, media studies, history, literary studies and communication studies.
Contenu
Introduction by K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake
Part One
Local Resistance to Global Bangalore-Reading Minority Indian Cinema by M. K. Raghavendra
Breaking News , Indian style: Politics, Democracy and Indian News Television by Nalin Metha
Emancipation or anchored individualism? Women and TV soaps in India by ShehinaFazal
Indian Feminisms: Issues of sexuality and representation by Geetanjali Gangoli
Part Two
The Tragada Bhavaiya Contribution to the making of Hindu Identity in Saurastra by Jayasinhji Jhala
The Mahabharata's Imprint on Contemporary Literature and Film by Pamela Lothspeich
India: Religious Nationalism and changing profile of Popular Culture by Ram Puniyani
Part Three
Private Music: Individualism, Authenticity, and Genre Boundaries in Bombay Music Industry by Peter Kevetko
Indian Popular Culture and its 'others': Bollywood dance and anti-nautch in twenty first century global India by Anna Morcom
From Zenana to Cinema : The impact of Royal Aesthetics on Bollywood Film by Angma D. Jhala
Part Four
Gods, Kings, and Local Telugu Guys: Competing Visions of the Heroic in Indian Comic Books by Karline McLain
The Gated Romance of 'India Shining': Visualising Urban Lifestyle in Advertisement of Residential Housing Development by Christiane Brosius
Advertising in a globalised India by Lynne Ciochetto
Part Five
India goes to the Blogs: Cyberspace, Identity, Community by Pramod K. Nayar
The Indian software industry-cultural factors underpinning its evolution by Florian Taeube
Part Six
Opiate of the Masses or None in a Billion Trying to unravel the Indian Sporting Mystery by Boria Majumdar
Going Places: Popular Tourism Writing in India by Anna Kurian
Part Seven
Conclusion