Consuming Modernity: Public Culture in a South Asian World
Consuming Modernity: Public Culture in a South Asian World
by Carol A. Breckenridge
University of Minnesota Press, 1995 Cloth: 978-0-8166-2305-1 | Paper: 978-0-8166-2306-8 Library of Congress Classification DS423.C577 1995 Dewey Decimal Classification 306.0954
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
One.
Public Modernity in India
Appadurai,
Arjun
Breckenridge,
Carol A.
Part I.
The Historical Past
Two.
Playing with Modernity: The Decolonization of Indian Cricket
Appadurai,
Arjun
Three.
Upon the Subdominant: Administering Music on All-India Radio
Lelyveld,
David
Four.
The Indian Princes as Fantasy: Palace Hotels, Palace Museums, and Palace on Wheels
Ramusack,
Barbara N.
Five.
Dining Out in Bombay
Conlon,
Frank F
Part II.
The Historical Present
Six.
Consuming Utopia: Film Watching in Tamil Nadu
Dickey,
Sara
Seven.
Melodrama and the Negotiation of Morality in Mainstream Hindi Film
Thomas,
Rosie
Eight.
Repositioning the Body, Practice, Power, and Self in an Indian Martial Art
Zarrilli,
Phillip B.
Nine.
Nation, Economy, and Tradition Displayed: The Indian Crafts Museum, New Delhi