Pleasure and the Nation: The History, Politics and Consumption of Public Culture in India

by Rachel Dwyer (Editor)

This book addresses aspects of popular/public culture in a manner that connects with contemporary political controversy i.e. liberalization, Hinduvata, etc. This volume concentrates mainly on film and mass media, and includes contributions by Ravi Vasudevan, Patricia Uberoi, Sara Dickey,
Nicholas Dirks and a number of first-rate South Asian scholars.

372 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 2001

About the author

Rachel Dwyer is Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS, University of London. She took her BA in Sanskrit at SOAS, followed by an MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in cinema and supervises PhD research on Indian cinema.

Reviews

[Clint · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ashis Nandy's essay on P. Baura is not to be missed. He was one of the most eclectic and overlooked film makers on the Calcutta scene.

[Moonis · Rating 5 out of 5]

cool beating on roja. :-)