Sculpting the Middle Class - History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha

Informationen zum Autor Deepa Sreenivas is Fellow, Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies in Hyderabad, India. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Deepa Sreenivas, Sreenivas Deepa
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.02.2010
• EAN: 9780415563109
• ISBN: 978-0-415-56310-9
• Seiten: 220
• Themen: Belletristik > Comic, Cartoon, Humor, Satire; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / General, Gender studies, gender groups