Graphic Novels and Visual Cultures in South Asia

Graphic Novels and Visual Cultures in South Asia explores the shifting landscapes of the graphic narratives and related visual cultures scene in South Asia today. This book was originally published as a special issue of the South Asian Popular Culture journal.

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E. Dawson Varughese is an independent scholar and a Senior Fellow at Manipal Centre for Humanities, India. She publishes on Indian genre fiction in English see Genre Fiction of New India: Post-Millennial Receptions of "Weird" Narratives (Routledge) as well as on public wall art and Indian graphic narratives. Further information about her work can be found at beyondthepostcolonial.com and seeingnewindia.com

Rajinder Dudrah is Professor of Cultural Studies and Creative Industries in the School of Media, Birmingham City University, UK. He has researched and published widely across film, media and cultural studies. His books include, amongst others, Bollywood Travels: Culture, Diaspora and Border Crossings in Popular Hindi Cinema (Routledge). He is also the founding Co-Editor of the journal South Asian Popular Culture.

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Graphic Novels and Visual Cultures in South Asia explores the shifting landscapes of the graphic narratives and related visual cultures scene in South Asia today. This book was originally published as a special issue of the South Asian Popular Culture journal.

Zusammenfassung
Graphic Novels and Visual Cultures in South Asia explores the shifting landscapes of the graphic narratives and related visual cultures scene in South Asia today. This book was originally published as a special issue of the South Asian Popular Culture journal.

Inhalt

Introduction, 1. Graphics of the Multitude: Reading Figure and Text in Drawing from the City 2. Development Narratives, Media and Women in Pakistan: Shifts and Continuities 3. Diasporic (Dis)Identification: The Participatory Fandom of Ms. Marvel 4. Visualising Caste: A Gardener in the Wasteland and the politics of graphic adaptation 5. Watching Zindagi, Pakistani Social Lives on Indian TV 6. War Cry of the Beggars: An exploration into city, cinema and graphic narratives 7. *Remnants of a Separation: a ghara and a gaz*, from Lahore to Amritsar to Delhi 8. Tamil Comics: New Media, revival, and the recovery of history 9. 'IMPOSTERS': an interview with graphic artist and designer Orijit Sen