Freedom and Destiny
Gender, Family, and Popular Culture in India
Price: 575.00
ISBN:
9780198060833
Publication date:
07/01/2009
Paperback
Price: 575.00
ISBN:
9780198060833
Publication date:
07/01/2009
Paperback
Patricia Uberoi
Rights: World Rights
Patricia Uberoi
Description
This book looks at popular culture as an important resource for sociological insights into contemporary social issues and processes. Drawing on three popular media â۠calendar art, commercial ‘Bollywood’ cinema, and magazine romance fiction â۠it examines the representation of the family, childhood, courtship and conjugality; arranged and love marriage; feminity and masculinity; and sexuality within and outside marriage, as well as the wider dilemmas and dynamics of Indian modernity and nation-building from a gender-sensitive perspective.
Patricia Uberoi
Description
This book looks at popular culture as an important resource for sociological insights into contemporary social issues and processes. Drawing on three popular media â۠calendar art, commercial ‘Bollywood’ cinema, and magazine romance fiction â۠it examines the representation of the family, childhood, courtship and conjugality; arranged and love marriage; feminity and masculinity; and sexuality within and outside marriage, as well as the wider dilemmas and dynamics of Indian modernity and nation-building from a gender-sensitive perspective.
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