Cultural Studies in India [Hardcover]

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.

Prologue. Part I: Cultural Studies & Indian Context 1. Culture and English Studies in India Kapil Kapoor2. The Return of the Silenced Oral: Culture and Study in Our Time Ganesh N. Devy3. The Relevance of Classical Indian Aesthetics to Contemporary Culture Studies Saugata Bhaduri Part II: Cultural Studies & Literary Studies 4.Popular Culture Studies in India today: Issues and Problems Simi Malhotra5. Postcolonial Cultural Studies at the Crossroads: Theoretical Approaches and Practical Realities Rumina Sethi 6.Dalit Autobiographies in the Punjabi Context Akshaya Kumar Part III:Cultural History & Local Traditions7.Indianness: A Battlefield Sushil Kumar 8.Cultural Studies in Indian History: Dominant Models from South AsiaMahesh Sharma 9.History, Historiography & Punjabi Folk Literature: Issues of Canons and Cull3¡