Everyday Reading : Middlebrow Magazines and Book Publishing in Post-Independence India
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1625347901
ISBN-13
9781625347909
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
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University of Massachusetts Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 8th, 2024
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
454 grams
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Language learning: reading skillsReading skillsLiterary studies: general
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Utilizing a wealth of previously unexamined print culture materials, as well as paying careful attention to the production of commercial publishing companies and the reception of ordinary reading practices, this book offers fresh perspectives into book history, South Asian literary studies, and South Asian gender studies.
During the two difficult decades immediately following the 1947 Indian Independence, a new, commercially successful print culture emerged that articulated alternatives to dominant national narratives. Through what Aakriti Mandhwani defines as middlebrow magazines—like Delhi Press’s Saritā—and the first paperbacks in Hindi—Hind Pocket Books—North Indian middle classes cultivated new reading practices that allowed them to reimagine what it meant to be a citizen. Rather than focusing on individual sacrifices and contributions to national growth, this new print culture promoted personal pleasure and other narratives that enabled readers to carve roles outside of official prescriptions of nationalism, austerity, and religion.
Utilizing a wealth of previously unexamined print culture materials, as well as paying careful attention to the production of commercial publishing companies and the reception of ordinary reading practices—particularly those of women—Everyday Reading offers fresh perspectives into book history, South Asian literary studies, and South Asian gender studies.
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