02855nam 2200589Ia 450 991045765690332120200520144314.00-8166-8532-0(CKB)1000000000347174(EBL)310334(OCoLC)476093930(SSID)ssj0000129510(PQKBManifestationID)11134860(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129510(PQKBWorkID)10079910(PQKB)10898097(MiAaPQ)EBC310334(OCoLC)123415065(MdBmJHUP)muse38962(Au-PeEL)EBL310334(CaPaEBR)ebr10159480(CaONFJC)MIL523278(EXLCZ)99100000000034717419941128d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConsuming modernity[electronic resource] public culture in a South Asian world /Carol A. Breckenridge, editorMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press19951 online resource (272 p.)Includes bibliographical references and index.0-8166-2306-6 0-8166-2305-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; One. Public Modernity in India; Part I. The Historical Past; Two. Playing with Modernity: The Decolonization of Indian Cricket; Three. Upon the Subdominant: Administering Music on All-India Radio; Four. The Indian Princes as Fantasy: Palace Hotels, Palace Museums, and Palace on Wheels; Five. Dining Out in Bombay; Part II. The Historical Present; Six. Consuming Utopia: Film Watching in Tamil Nadu; Seven. Melodrama and the Negotiation of Morality in Mainstream Hindi Film; Eight. Repositioning the Body, Practice, Power, and Self in an Indian Martial ArtNine. Nation, Economy, and Tradition Displayed: The Indian Crafts Museum, New DelhiContributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZIllustrates that what is distinctive of any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. The contributors address the roles intertwined interests in the making of India's public culture, each examining different sites of consumption. The sites they explore include cinema, radio, cricket, restaurants, and tourism.Popular cultureIndiaIndiaSocial life and customsElectronic books.Popular culture306/.0954Breckenridge Carol Appadurai1942-2009.918162MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457656903321Consuming modernity2058631UNINA