Caricaturing Culture in India - Cartoons and History in the Modern World

Informationen zum Autor Ritu Gairola Khanduri is a cultural anthropologist and historian of India. She is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Texas, Arlington. In addition to her research on media, she is currently completing a book on Gandhi and material culture. Research for Caricaturing Culture in India has been supported by the Social Science Research Council, the Fulbright Foundation, the Institute for Historical Research-Mellon Foundation and the Wenner-Gren Foundation's prestigious Carley Hunt Postdoctoral fellowship. Klappentext A highly original study of newspaper cartoons throughout India's history and culture, and their significance for the world today. Zusammenfassung A highly original history of political cartoons in modern India. Utilising newspaper cartoons published since the 1870s! archival research and interviews! Khanduri combines historical narrative with ethnographic testimony to give a pioneering account of the role of political cartoons in Indian culture from the colonial period to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction: the empire of cartoons; Part I. Colonial Times: 1. Upstart Punches: why is impertinence always in the vernacular?; 2. Gandhi and the satyagraha of cartoons: cultivating a taste; 3. 'Dear Shankar ... your ridicule should never bite'; Part II. National Times: 4. Becoming a cartoonist: Mr Kutty and Bireshwarji; 5. Virtual gurus and the Indian psyche: R. K. Laxman; 6. Uncommon women and common men: pocket cartoons and 'situated knowledges'; 7. Artoons and our toons: the prose of an Indian art; Part III. Global Times: 8. Crafty petitions and street humor; 9. 'All our gods and goddesses are cartoons'; Conclusions: timeless myths and timely knowledge; Notes to the text; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Ritu Gairola Khanduri, Ritu Gairola (University of Texas Khanduri, Khanduri Ritu Gairola
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2016
• EAN: 9781107618572
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61857-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 21st Century, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, HISTORY / Asia / South / India