Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

Summary

This pioneering book presents a history and ethnography of adventure comic books in India with a particular focus on vernacular superheroism. It chronicles popular and youth culture in the subcontinent from the pre- and post-liberalisation periods of the 1980s–90s to the contemporary era dominated by creative audio-video-digital outlets.

Product details

• Authors: Saif Eqbal, Raminder Kaur, Raminder (Professor of Anthropology and Cult Kaur, Kaur Raminder
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2018
• EAN: 9781138201880
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20188-0
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Graphic novels: history & criticism, Age groups: adolescents, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General