Caricaturing Culture in India

Caricaturing Culture in India

Cartoons and History in the Modern World

Khanduri, Ritu Gairola (University of Texas, Arlington)

Cambridge University Press

04/2016

368

Mole

Inglês

9781107618572

15 a 20 dias

A highly original study of newspaper cartoons throughout India's history and culture, and their significance for the world today.
Acknowledgments; Introduction: the empire of cartoons; Part I. Colonial Times: 1. Upstart Punches: why is impertinence always in the vernacular?; 2. Gandhi and the satyagraha of cartoons: cultivating a taste; 3. 'Dear Shankar ... your ridicule should never bite'; Part II. National Times: 4. Becoming a cartoonist: Mr Kutty and Bireshwarji; 5. Virtual gurus and the Indian psyche: R. K. Laxman; 6. Uncommon women and common men: pocket cartoons and 'situated knowledges'; 7. Artoons and our toons: the prose of an Indian art; Part III. Global Times: 8. Crafty petitions and street humor; 9. 'All our gods and goddesses are cartoons'; Conclusions: timeless myths and timely knowledge; Notes to the text; Bibliography; Index.
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