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Chandra, Nandini. The Classic Popular: Amar Chitra Katha, 1967–2007. New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2008. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:29 AM) Last edited by: joachim (2/1/10, 7:24 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 81-903634-3-3 BibTeX citation key: Chandra2008a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Amar Chithra Katha", History comics, India, Pai. Anant, Popular culture, Postcolonialism, Religion Creators: Chandra Publisher: Yoda Press (New Delhi) |
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The volume seeks to examine Amar Chitra Katha's re-writing of the nineteenth century nationalist orientalist historiography within the context of the culture industry in a post colonial scenario. It attempts to read closely the different strategies through which the various myths, legends and historical episodes are narrativised into a comic book format. Based on a reading of visual practices and the complicated art history informing the comics, the book delves into core issues of communalism, history writing and the ways in which middle-class India negotiates the consumption of products of popular culture to suit its ideological moorings. Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |