Indian comics as public culture

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies, 2009.

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Main Author: Das, Abhimnanyu, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Henry Jenkins III.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91429
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spelling mit-1721.1/914292022-07-26T15:22:36Z Indian comics as public culture Das, Abhimnanyu, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Henry Jenkins III. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing Comparative Media Studies. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies, 2009. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85). The Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) series of comic books have, since 1967, dominated the market for domestic comic books in India. In this thesis, I examine how these comics function as public culture, creating a platform around which groups and individuals negotiate and re-negotiate their identities (religious, class, gender, regional, national) through their experience of the mass-media phenomenon of ACK. I also argue that the comics, for the most part, toe a conservative line - drawing heavily from Hindu nationalist schools of thought. In order to demonstrate these arguments, I examine selected groups of ACK titles closely in the first two chapters. I perform a detailed content analysis of these comics, considering the ways in which they draw upon history and primary texts, the artistic and editorial choices as well the implications of these decisions. In the third chapter, I draw a picture of the consumption of these comics, studying the varying interpretations and reactions that fans across generations have had to the works, connecting their conversations to my argument about ACK as public culture. In doing so, I hope to demonstrate the extent of ACK's role in the popular imagination of its large readership as well as the part it plays in the negotiation of their identities as Indians. by Abhimnanyu Das. S.M. 2014-11-04T21:36:02Z 2014-11-04T21:36:02Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91429 893616021 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 85 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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