The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure

By Adrian Athique and Douglas Arthur Hill

Book Overview

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the new leisure infrastructure arising at the intersection between contemporary trends in cultural practice and the spatial politics that are reshaping the cities of India. Exploring the significance, and convergence, of economic liberalisation, urban redevelopment and the media explosion in India, the book demonstrates an innovative approach towards the cultural and political economy of leisure in a complex and rapidly-changing society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415533597
• ISBN13: 9780415533591
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"