Sanjay Srivastava (School of Oriental and Universi African Studies

Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City

Streets, Neighbourhoods, Home

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Produktbeschreibung

Of relevance to researchers, graduate students and a lay readership interested in urban life, masculinity, power relations between genders, changing meanings of 'family', 'home', 'tradition', consumer cultures, and the phenomenon of the 'masculine' political leader. An interdisciplinary study of the local and the global in Indian life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9781009179867
• ISBN-10: 1009179861
• Artikelnr.: 63509397

Autorenporträt

Sanjay Srivastava is an anthropologist and British Academy Global Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS, University of London. He is also Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Sociology, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Masculinity, Modernity, Urbanity
2. Nationalism, Masculinity and the City
3. Dislocated Masculinities and the Unofficial City
4. Thrilling Affects: Sexuality, Masculinity, the City and 'Indian Traditions' in the Contemporary Hindi 'Detective' Novel
5. Fragmentary Pleasures: Masculinity, Urban Spaces and the Commodity Politics of 'Religious Fundamentalists'
6. Technotopias: Masculinity, Women, the City and the Post-national Condition
7. Conclusion: Masculine Body Politics
Bibliography
Index.