India's immortal comic books : gods, kings, and other heroes
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Bibliographic Information
India's immortal comic books : gods, kings, and other heroes
(Contemporary Indian studies)
Indiana University Press, c2009
- : cloth
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic book series, "Amar Chitra Katha", or "Immortal Picture Stories", is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the ACK production offices and had many conversations with Anant Rai, founder and publisher, and with artists, writers, and readers about why the comics are so popular and what messages they convey. In this intriguing study, she explores the making of the comic books and the kinds of editorial and ideological choices that go into their production.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on StyleIntroduction: Comic Books that Radiate a Spiritual Force
- 1. The Father of Indian Comic Books
- 2. Long-Suffering Wives and Self-Sacrificing Queens
- 3. Accurately Sequencing Goddess Durga's Mythology
- 4. The Warrior-King Shivaji in History and Mythology
- 5. Muslims as Secular Heroes and Zealous Villains
- 6. Mahatma Gandhi as a Comic Book Hero
- Conclusion. The Global Legacy of Amar Chitra KathaNotes
- Bibliography
- Index
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