Locating cultural change

Locating cultural change: theory, method, process

by Basu, Partha Pratim Chanda, Ipsita

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Locating Cultural Change: Theory, Method, Process is concerned with defining the local through case studies of specific cultural processes. The thrust is on the institutionalization of 'local' concerns where the 'local' is the site of ideas and issues, and how these in turn influence us. The central premise of this collection is that in order to understand the common man's perspective, one has to demystify cultural processes. The book seeks to capture the vibrancy of cultural processes through …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Locating cultural change : theory, method, process / edited by Partha Pratim Basu and Ipshita Chanda.

Summary

Locating Cultural Change: Theory, Method, Process is concerned with defining the local through case studies of specific cultural processes. The thrust is on the institutionalization of 'local' concerns where the 'local' is the site of ideas and issues, and how these in turn influence us. The central premise of this collection is that in order to understand the common man's perspective, one has to demystify cultural processes. The book seeks to capture the vibrancy of cultural processes through a wide range of things that are a part of daily life spanning Hindi films, vernacular press.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
  • Place of Publication:New Delhi
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (vi, 279 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9788132107637, 8132107632, 1283235366, 9781283235365, 9786613235367, 6613235369
  • oclc:ocn750174287
  • LC Classification:HN683.5
  • Dewey Decimal:306.0954

Table of Contents

Introduction : locating cultural change : process and method -- Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin and makeover of Indian soaps / Abhijit Roy -- Foreign babies/Indian make : outsourcing reproduction in the age of globalization / Modhumita Roy -- Nationalism, television and Indian cricket in global mediascape : where has the local gone? / Manas Ghosh -- Bollywood and the Mumbai underworld : reading Satya in retrospect / Rajdeep Roy -- Translating India today : local cultures, global ambitions and colonial hangovers / Sayantan Dasgupta -- Kya Hum Pehle Kabhi Yahan Aye Hai : returning to look at the "Indian" in Indian cinema through Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om / Ipshita Chanda -- Minority rights in India : a view from the regional press / Partha Pratim Basu -- Medical advertisement : an embodiment of culture / Dalia Chakraborty -- Just for fun : changing notions of social forms of leisure / Nilanjana Gupta and Devlina Gopalan.

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Subjects

Culture populaire -- Inde Inde -- Conditions sociales India India -- Social conditions POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy Popular culture Popular culture -- India Social change Social change -- India Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture

Writers

Basu, Partha Pratim Chanda, Ipsita

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