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Reading India now : contemporary formations in literature and popular culture / Ulka Anjaria.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anjaria, Ulka, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indic literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- Indic literature.
- Popular culture--India--History--21st century.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- India.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This project looks at the idea of the contemporary in 21st-century Indian literature and popular culture, working with a diverse archive that includes literary novels, commercial romances, nonfiction city writing, Hindi popular cinema, a television talk show, and the mixed media texts of a prominent feminist filmmaker"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: in search of an Indian contemporary
- The new provincialism
- Writing the city now
- In pursuit of the common man
- Melodrama and the open edge of politics
- Literature beyond the pale
- Inside and out
- Epilogue: contemporaneity's futures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-260) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Anjaria, Ulka, 1979- author. Reading India now
- ISBN:
- 9781439916636
- 1439916632
- OCLC:
- 1051134515
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