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

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

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

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

by Deepa Sreenivas

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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: 9781136485855
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/04/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 220
File size: 3 MB

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
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