Caricaturing culture in India : cartoons and history in the modern world /

"Caricaturing Culture in India is a highly original history of political cartoons in India. Drawing on the analysis of newspaper cartoons since the 1870s, archival research and interviews with prominent Indian cartoonists, this ambitious study combines historical narrative with ethnographic tes...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Khanduri, Ritu Gairola
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Indic wit and humor, Pictorial.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Manners and customs.
Politics and government
India > Politics and government > Caricatures and cartoons.
India > Social life and customs > Caricatures and cartoons.
Inde > Politique et gouvernement > Caricatures et dessins humoristiques.
Inde > Mœurs et coutumes > Caricatures et dessins humoristiques.
India.
Caricatures and cartoons.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the empire of cartoons
  • Part I. Colonial Times: 1. Upstart punches: why is impertinence always in the vernacular?; 2. Gandhi and the Satyagraha of cartoons: cultivating a taste; 3. "Dear Shankar ... Your ridicule should never bite"
  • Part II. National Times: 4. Becoming a cartoonist: Mr Kutty and Bireshwarji; 5. Virtual gurus and the Indian psyche: R.K. Laxman; 6. Uncommon women and common men: pocket cartoons and "situated knowledges"; 7. Artoons and our toons: the prose of an Indian art
  • Part III. Global Times: 8. Crafty petitions and street humor; 9. "All our Gods and Goddesses are cartoons"
  • Conclusions: timeless myths and timely knowledge
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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