43 research outputs found
Sex in the Snow: The Himalayas as Erotic Topos in Popular Hindi Cinema
Get PDFFantasies about life beyond the front range of the Great Himalaya have been a trope in Indian literature since at least the period of the Sanskrit epics...Such legends appear to persist in popular 20th century narrative through a much-used trope in Bombay cinema: the depiction of the Himalayas as a realm of uninhibited romantic fantasy. Excerpt from article introduction, p. 2
Sarah Besky, The Darjeeling Distinction : Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India
Get PDFSarah Besky, The Darjeeling Distinction : Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India
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South Asia - Stuart Blackburn: Inside the drama house: Rāma stories and shadow puppets in South India. xvi, 291 pp. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1996. 20, £15.95).
No full textGods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre. By Peter van der Veer. London and Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: The Athlone Press, 1988. (Monographs on Social Anthropology, vol. 59.) xvi, 310 pp. $70.00.
No full textBombay Cinema: An Archive of the City. By Ranjani Mazumdar. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007. xxxvii, 257 pp. 22.50 (paper).
No full textCassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India. By Peter Manuel. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. xix, 302 pp. $22.00.
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