ABSTRACT
This volume discusses the development of cultural studies in India. It shows how inter-disciplinarity and cultural pluralism form the basis of this emerging field. It deals with contemporary debates and interpretations of post-colonial theory, subaltern studies, Marxism and post-Marxism, nationalism and post-nationalism. Drawing upon literature, linguistics, history, political science, media and theatre studies, and cultural anthropology, it explores themes such as caste, indigenous peoples, vernacular languages and folklore and their role in the making of historical consciousness. A significant intervention in the area, this book will be useful to scholars and students of cultural studies and theory, literature, history, cultural anthropology, sociology, and media and mass communication, as well as the general reader.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|31 pages
Cultural Studies and Indian Context
part II|64 pages
Cultural Studies and Literary Studies
chapter 5|12 pages
Postcolonial Cultural Studies at the Crossroads
part III|101 pages
Cultural History and Local Traditions
part IV|64 pages
Cultural Politics and Mass Media
part V|34 pages
Cultural Imagination and New Identities