Gender, Nation and Popular Film in India: Globalizing Muscular Nationalism

by Sikata Banerjee

Book Overview

Interpretations of manhood have unfolded in India within a middle class cultural milieu shaped by an assertive self-confidence fuelled by liberalisation, a process by which India has been integrated into the global political economy and the prominence of Hindutva or Hindu nationalist politics.

This book unpacks a particular gendered vision of nation in the modern Indian context by drawing on popular films. This muscular nationalism is an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138653993
• ISBN13: 9781138653993
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"