Pleasure and the nation : the history, politics and consumption of public culture in India

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Pleasure and the nation : the history, politics and consumption of public culture in India

edited by Rachel Dwyer, Christopher Pinney

(SOAS studies on South Asia)

Oxford University Press, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Breaking new ground, this volume explores the relationship between popular pleasure and the construction of the nation of India. Subjects covered in this volume range from nineteenth-century popular mythological tracts to Hindi and Tamil films and the fan clubs and gossip magazines that sustain this hugely important aspect of Indian life.

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