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The Cambridge companion to modern Indian culture /

"India is changing at a rapid pace as it continues to move from its colonial past to its globalised future. This Companion offers a framework for understanding that change, and how modern cultural forms have emerged out of very different histories and traditions. The book provides accounts of l...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vasudha Dalmia Ed, Rashmi Sadana d.
Format: Printed Book
Published: New Delhi : Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd., 2012.
Series:Cambridge companions to culture
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Online Access:http://books.google.co.in/books?id=2L4gAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=The+Cambridge+companion+to+modern+indian+culture&source=bl&ots=3S2Zzys4Z3&sig=1Gly7tLf1b2TTPwGAhvctv6mm8M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QExgVLKeFIzmuQS0hICADQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=The%20Cambridge%20companion%20to%20modern%20indian%20culture&f=false
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Chronology; Introduction / Vasudha Dalmia and Rashmi Sadana; Part I. Cultural Contexts: 1. Scenes of rural change / Ann Grodzins Gold; 2. The formation of tribal identities / Stuart Blackburn; 3. Food and agriculture / Amita Baviskar; 4. Urban forms of religious practice / Smriti Srinivas; 5. The politics of caste identities / Christophe Jaffrelot; Part II. Cultural Forms: 6. History and representation in the Bengali novel / Supriya Chaudhuri; 7. Writing in English / Rashmi Sadana; 8. Dalit life histories / Debjani Ganguly; 9. Three traditions in modernist art / Sonal Khullar; 10. Mass reproduction and the art of the bazaar / Kajri Jain; 11. Urban theatre and the turn towards 'folk' / Vasudha Dalmia; 12. Aesthetics and politics in popular cinema / Ravi S. Vasudevan; 13. Musical genres and national identity / Amanda Weidman; 14. Voyeurism and the family on television / Amrita Ibrahim.