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India`s Immortal Comic Books – Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes

Autor Karline Mclain
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mar 2009
Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, or "Immortal Picture Stories," is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the ACK production offices and had many conversations with Anant Pai, founder and publisher, and with artists, writers, and readers about why the comics are so popular and what messages they convey. In this intriguing study, she explores the making of the comic books and the kinds of editorial and ideological choices that go into their production.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253220523
ISBN-10: 0253220521
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 177 x 253 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Acknowledgments; Notes on StyleIntroduction: Comic Books that Radiate a Spiritual Force; 1. The Father of Indian Comic Books; 2. Long-Suffering Wives and Self-Sacrificing Queens; 3. Accurately Sequencing Goddess Durga's Mythology; 4. The Warrior-King Shivaji in History and Mythology; 5. Muslims as Secular Heroes and Zealous Villains; 6. Mahatma Gandhi as a Comic Book Hero; Conclusion. The Global Legacy of Amar Chitra KathaNotes; Bibliography; Index

Recenzii

"The Rama comic book features a muscular, bare-chested, blue-tinged hero on its cover, posed with bow and arrow drawn. A beautiful, fair-skinned woman with long dark tresses watches with wonder as Rama, the hero, takes aim. . . . [Although] in many ways akin to American comic book superheroes such as Superman and Captain America, Rama is not your average fictitious superhero. He is a god in human form, and the Rama comic book is a Hindu devotional story told through the comic book medium." from the Introduction

Descriere

A pioneering study of Indian comic book culture