Hero and hero-worship : fandom in modern India /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wilmington, Delaware :
Vernon Press,
[2020]
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Colección: | Series in critical media studies.
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1. Introduction: Hero and hero-worship: understanding fandom in modern India
- 2. Discourse on fandom in modern India: where do we stand?
- 3. Stardom: deceiving the 'self'
- 4. Discursive power of enigmatic stars: dynamics of celebrity culture
- 5. The cult of Aamir Khan: a cultural study of Indian fandom
- 6. Soap opera stars as corporate commodities: the political economy of television stardom
- 7. Celebrity endorsements in advertisements: influence on the buying behavior of the youth
- 8. Bewitching Bombay: a reflection on the fandom of an urban space
- 9. Fandom of Banaras: beats' guiding star of east
- 10. Cultural politics of war-heroes: revisiting the soldier bio-icons of Jammu
- 11. Indigenous heroes of nature and culture: fashioning environmental fandom in Hodesum
- 12. What my hero means to me: the confession of a Batman enthusiast
- List of contributors
- Index.