1st Edition

Sculpting the Middle Class History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha

By Deepa Sreenivas Copyright 2010
    220 Pages
    by Routledge India

    220 Pages
    by Routledge India

    This book is an analysis of the Amar Chitra Katha genre, historical comic-books that capture and promote a middle class masculine identity, as culture became the new site for right-wing hegemonic politics in India over the last 4 decades of the 20th century.

    Introduction: Amar Chitra Katha: The Scope of The Problem 2. Comics, Scrolls, Frescos and the 'Chitra Katha' 3. History, Personality and a Pedagogy for the Present 4. Disciplinary Nationalism and Masculinity 5. The Liberalisation Years: The Theme of Merit 6. Conclusion