Deepa Sreenivas

Sculpting the Middle Class (eBook, PDF)

History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an analysis of the Amar Chitra Katha genre, historical comic-books that capture and promote a middle class masculine identity, as culture became the new site for right-wing hegemonic politics in India over the last 4 decades of the 20th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136485862
• Artikelnr.: 38272907

Autorenporträt

Deepa Sreenivas is Fellow, Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies in Hyderabad, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Amar Chitra Katha: The Scope of The Problem 2. Comics
Scrolls
Frescos and the 'Chitra Katha' 3. History
Personality and a Pedagogy for the Present 4. Disciplinary Nationalism and Masculinity 5. The Liberalisation Years: The Theme of Merit 6. Conclusion