Media, gender, and popular culture in India : tracking change and continuity /

In contemporary India, as one side of the coin celebrates traditional stereotypes, the other side subverts the same image, sometimes subtly, but often radically. The push and pulls of these factors are changing the cultural landscape of India decisively. This volume critiques media representations o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dasgupta, Sanjukta
Other Authors: Sinha, Dipankar, Cakrabartī, Sudeshṇā
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2012.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Popular culture > 21st century.
Mass media and culture > India.
Sex role in mass media.
Culture populaire > 21e siècle.
Médias et culture > Inde.
Rôle selon le sexe dans les médias.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Manners and customs.
Mass media and culture.
Popular culture.
India > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Inde > Mœurs et coutumes > 21e siècle.
India.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Indian media in transition : recent past and present
  • Filming change, securing tradition : a Hobson's choice or a dynamic duality
  • Television : images and the imaginary
  • Advertising : encoding seduction
  • Print media and popular culture : agents with a difference
  • Conclusion: media responsibility : the winding road ahead
  • Index
  • About the authors.

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