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Bhatia, Tej K. "Super‐heroes to super languages: American popular culture through South Asian language comics." World Englishes 25. (2006): 279–98. Added by: joachim (12/21/09, 12:42 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1111/j.0083-2919.2006.00465.x BibTeX citation key: Bhatia2006 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Asia, Language, Superhero, USA Creators: Bhatia Collection: World Englishes |
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Although under immense pressure from television, movies, and video games, comics are a very effective and non‐intrusive means of introducing American popular culture in South Asia in the age of globalization. The introduction of American comic books in South Asian languages, although a recent phenomenon, has already stimulated the South Asian/Indian appetite for American super‐heroes and comics and has added various new cognitive and (psycho) linguistic dimensions to traditional Indian comics. The paper attempts to account for the creative linguistic strategies employed in the representation of super‐heroes through super languages (Sanskrit and English) in South Asian language comics and to explain the highly diverse appeal and positive perception of comics in South Asia.
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