Popular Culture in a Globalised India

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-47667-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

As India celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its independence, much praise was lavished on its emergence as a major player on the global stage. Its economic transformation and geopolitical significance as a nuclear power are matched by its globally resonant cultural resources.

This book explores India’s rich popular culture. Chapters provide illuminating insights into various aspects of the social, cultural, economic and political realities of contemporary globalised India. Structured thematically and drawing on a broad range of academic disciplines, the book deals with critical issues including:

- Film, television and TV soaps

- Folk theatre, Mahabharata-Ramayana ,myths, performance, ideology and religious nationalism

- Music, dance and fashion

- Comics, cartoons, photographs, posters and advertising

- Cyberculture and the software industry

- Indian feminisms

- Sports and tourism

- Food culture

Offering comprehensive coverage of the emerging discipline of popular culture in India, this book is essential reading for courses on Indian popular culture and a useful resource for more general courses in the field of cultural studies, media studies, history, literary studies and communication studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gokulsing, K. Moti

Dissanayake, Wimal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake Part 1 1. Local Resistance to Global Bangalore - Reading Minority Indian Cinema M. K. Raghavendra 2. Breaking News, Indian Style: Politics, Democracy and Indian News Television Nalin Mehta 3. Emancipation or Anchored Individualism? Women and TV Soaps in India Shehina Fazal 4. Indian Feminisms: Issues of Sexuality and Representation Geetanjali Gangoli Part 2 5. The Tragada Bhavaiya Contribution to the Making of Hindu Identity in Saurastra Jayasinhji Jhala 6. The Mahabharata’s Imprint on Contemporary Literature and Film Pamela Lothspeich 7. India: Religious Nationalism and Changing Profile of Popular Culture Ram Puniyani Part 3 8. Private Music: Individualism, Authenticity, and Genre Boundaries in Bombay Music Industry Peter Kevetko 9. Indian Popular Culture and its ‘Others’: Bollywood Dance and Anti-nautch in Twenty First Century Global India Anna Morcom 10. From Zenana to Cinema: The impact of Royal Aesthetics on Bollywood Film Angma D. Jhala Part 4 11. Gods, Kings, and Local Telugu Guys: Competing Visions of the Heroic in Indian Comic Books Karline McLain 12.The Gated Romance of ‘India Shining’: Visualising Urban Lifestyle in Advertisement of Residential Housing Development Christiane Brosius 13. Advertising in a Globalised India Lynne Ciochetto Part 5 14. India goes to the Blogs: Cyberspace, Identity, Community Pramod K. Nayar 15. The Indian Software Industry-cultural Factors Underpinning its Evolution Florian Taeube Part 6 16. Opiate of the Masses or None in a Billion Trying to Unravel the Indian Sporting Mystery Boria Majumdar 17. Going Places: Popular Tourism Writing in India Anna Kurian Part 7 18. The Discreet Charm of Indian Street-food Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay Conclusion. Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

K. Moti Gokulsing is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of East London. He is the co-founder and co-editor of the journal South Asian Popular Culture (SAPC) published by Routledge. His Illusions of a South Asian Identity was published in the April 2008 issue of SAPC.

Wimal Dissanayake is a Professor in the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii. He is the founding editor of the East-West Film Journal and the author and editor of a large number of books including Global/Local: Cultural Production and the Transnational Imaginary. He is also a distinguished creative writer who has won Sri Lankan national awards for his poetry and literary writings.