Reading India now : contemporary formations in literature and popular culture / Ulka Anjaria.

By: Anjaria, Ulka, 1979-.

Material type: Text

Text Language of document:EnglishPublisher: 2019Description: xiv, 264 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789352876457.Subject(s): Indic literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism | Popular culture -- India -- History -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 891.4007 An57 Re

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.

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Central Library European Languages Collection	891.4007 An57 Re (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		271229

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

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