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Author Anjaria, Ulka, 1979- author.

Title Reading India now : contemporary formations in literature and popular culture / Ulka Anjaria
Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents Introduction: in search of an Indian contemporary -- The new provincialism -- Writing the city now -- In pursuit of the common man -- Melodrama and the open edge of politics -- Literature beyond the pale -- Inside and out -- Epilogue: contemporaneity's futures
Summary "This project looks at the idea of the contemporary in 21st-century Indian literature and popular culture, working with a diverse archive that includes literary novels, commercial romances, nonfiction city writing, Hindi popular cinema, a television talk show, and the mixed media texts of a prominent feminist filmmaker"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 9, 2021)
Subject Indic literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Popular culture -- India -- History -- 21st century
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Indic.
Indic literature
Popular culture
India
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018052302
ISBN 9781439916650
1439916659