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

by Rachel Dwyer (Editor)

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.

280 pages, Hardcover

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. :-)