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Consuming Modernity : Public Culture in a South Asian World

Illustrates that what is distinctive of any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. The contributors address the roles intertwined interests in the making of India's public culture, each examining different sites of consumption. Th...

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Auteur principal: Breckenridge, Carol Appadurai, 1942-2009
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Illustrates that what is distinctive of any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. The contributors address the roles intertwined interests in the making of India's public culture, each examining different sites of consumption. The sites they explore include cinema, radio, cricket, restaurants, and tourism.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780816685325