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CULTURE STUDIES [Colonial Studies]
Price Rs 395 £ 12.95 $ 19.95 Sumanta Banerjee analyses the development of the various forms of folk
culture of the urban poor in the new metropolis of Calcutta, as a fallout
of the process of urbanization in the wake of the eshtablishment of the
British colonial system in Bengal. Profusely illustrated with examples
of contemporary street songs and popular performing arts, the book traces
the beginings of tension between these urban folk cultural forms and the
new culture of the Bengali elite that was Western in inspiration.
Price Rs 475
Adopting different modes- narrator, detective, and social
scientist- Brass treats incidents of collective violence arising initially
out of common ocurrences such as a drunken brawl, the rape of a girl,
and the theft of an idol, and demonstrates how some incidents remain localized
while others are fit into broader frameworks of meaning, thereby becoming
useful for upholders of dominant ideologies.
Price Rs 695
A major critical work, Spivak's book redefines and repositions
the postcolonial critic, leading her through transnational cultural studies
into considerations of globality
Dangerous
Outcast
Interrogating
Modernity
The Renewal of Song
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The Parlour and the Streets
Theft of an Idol 