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

by Deepa Sreenivas

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367176600
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/25/2019
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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