Graphic Narratives And The Mythological Imagination In India

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Graphic Narratives and the Mythological Imagination in India

Author : Roma Chatterji
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000736970
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Graphic Narratives and the Mythological Imagination in India written by Roma Chatterji and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores graphic narratives and comics in India and demonstrates how these forms serve as sites on which myths are enacted and recast. It uses the case studies of a comics version of the Mahabharata War, a folk artist’s rendition of a comic book story, and a commercial project to re-imagine two of India’s most famous epics – the Ramayana and the Mahabharata – as science fiction and superhero tales. It discusses comic books and self-published graphic novels; bardic performance aided with painted scrolls and commercial superhero comics; myths, folklore, and science fiction; and different pictorial styles and genres of graphic narration and storytelling. It also examines the actual process of the creation of comics besides discussions with artists on the tools and location of the comics medium as well as the method and impact of translation and crossover genres in such narratives. With its clear, lucid style and rich illustrations, the book will be useful to scholars and researchers of sociology, anthropology, visual culture and media, and South Asian studies, as well as those working on art history, religion, popular culture, graphic novels, art and design, folk culture, literature, and performing arts.

MYTHS OF INDIA: HANUMAN Issue 1

Author : Deepak Chopra
Publisher : Graphic India
ISBN 13 : 9810920849
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book MYTHS OF INDIA: HANUMAN Issue 1 written by Deepak Chopra and published by Graphic India. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deepak Chopra presents the tales of the immortal gods and goddesses of Indian myth who reign over humanity and wield the forces of the Universe. A mere mention of his name is said to put fear in the hearts of the mightiest demons. It is said that the chant of his name protects one from the vilest of evil spirits. He is a god unlike any other. Born with the body of an ape, but a heart as large as a hundred suns, blessed with the strength to move mountains, leap across oceans and fly faster than the swiftest of birds. From the pages of the great Indian epic, Ramayana, Liquid Comics and Deepak Chopra as part of the path-breaking India Authentic series, bring to you the tale of a god who is both scholar and warrior; one whose name is synonymous with devotion and humility. This is the legend of mighty Hanuman, son of the wind, slayer of demons and devoted ally of Rama, the warrior prince!

Seeing South Asia

Author : Dev Nath Pathak
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100056357X
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Seeing South Asia written by Dev Nath Pathak and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines the cultural politics of visuals in South Asia. It makes a key contribution to the study of visuals in the social sciences in South Asia by studying the interplay of the seen and unseen, and the visual and nonvisual. The volume explores interrelated themes including the vernacular visual and visuality, ways of seeing in South Asia and the methodology of hermeneutic sensorium, anxiety and politics of the visuals across the region and the trajectory of visual anthropology, significance of visual symbols and representations in contemporary performances and folk art, visual landscapes of loss and recovery and representation of refugees, visual public in South Asia and making of visuals for contemporary consumptions. The chapters unravel the concepts of visual, visibility, visuality while attending to determinant meta-ideas, such as memory and modernity, trajectories of tradition, fluidity and hybridity, and visual performative politics. Based on interdisciplinary resources, the chapters in this volume present a wide array of empirical findings across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, along with analytical readings of the visual culture of the subcontinent across borders. The book will be useful to scholars and researchers of visual and cultural studies, social and cultural anthropology, sociology, political studies, media and communications studies, performance studies, art history, television and film studies, photography studies, and South Asian studies. It will also interest practitioners including artists, visual artists, photographers, filmmakers and media critics.

Longform

Author : Various
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9352775988
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Longform written by Various and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longform Annual presents stories that subvert conventional narrative; stories about ordinary people; autobiographies; travel tales - and through these stories establish comics as a permanent feature on a reader's shelf. The name 'Longform' is inspired by a Joe Sacco essay on the shrinking space to tell long graphic stories. The anthology takes us through the streets of Rome and Kolkata, modern day Tehran and ancient Bhutan, around-the-corner dystopias, imaginary cities and kaleidoscopic dreamscapes. The artists presented here include well-known names from India and elsewhere, such as Prakash Moorthy, Barroux, Venkat Shyam, Allen Shaw, as well as emerging artists.

In Defence of the Ordinary

Author : Dev Nath Pathak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9354352987
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book In Defence of the Ordinary written by Dev Nath Pathak and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A splendid work of art, In Defence of the Ordinary returns drama, pleasure and awakening to everyday life ... in the tradition of cultural critics like Ashis Nandy and Umberto Eco... The book is one of a kind.' -Prathama Banerjee is a noted historian of the global south and Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi. '[A] flâneur of our everyday spheres of life, [the author] excavates the multiple layers of social, political and artistic thinking and experimentation ... with an unparalleled lightness of prose worthy of a Balthasar Gracián and Georg Lichtenberg.' -Ramin Jahanbegloo is a philosopher and Vice Dean and Director at Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, India. '[The] book builds an engaging web of thoughts about things which are ordinary but in their very ordinariness hide deep social truths... Dev Nath Pathak brings a lightness to his critical eye while reminding us of how much of the ordinary has been forgotten in academic pursuits.' -Sundar Sarukkai is a renowned philosopher and thinker in contemporary India. In Defence of the Ordinary is laced with light humour, soaked in serious sarcasm and powered with poetic polemics. Informed by sources such as psychoanalysis, philosophy, yoga, anthropology, popular cinema, folk songs and everything that is part of an ordinary living, it is a sociologist's sincere ruminations on the layered ordinariness. The book invites us to rethink the ways of seeing, understanding, enacting, emoting and relating with provocative ideas like why we don't value ordinariness and how our pursuit of extraordinary is misleading us into mishaps. The key objective of the human existence is that of the book too, namely, awakening the dormant potentials of emancipation every day rather than waiting for an occasional charisma induced by a holy book or a secular gimmick or an orchestrated leadership.

Indian Popular Fiction

Author : Prem Kumari Srivastava
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000482804
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Indian Popular Fiction written by Prem Kumari Srivastava and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scholarly essays in this book open up experimental and novel spaces and genres beyond the traditional and the literary world of Indian Popular Fiction as it existed towards the end of the last millennium. They respond to the possibilities opened up by the technology-driven and internet-savvy reading and writing world of today. Contemporaneous and bold, most of the essays resonate with the racy and fast-paced milieu and social media space inhabited by today's youth. Combative in its drift, this book makes possible an attempt to disband hierarchies and dismantle categories that have engulfed the expansive landscape of Indian Popular Fiction for too long. It facilitates discussion on graphic novels, microfiction, popular-entertainment and political satire on television and celluloid, social media-driven romances existing in the domain of the 'real' rather than that of 'fantasy' and mythological readings against the backdrop of gender and politics. Aimed at facilitating further research by scholars and enthusiasts of Indian Popular Fiction, this book is also an ode to the current trends generated by social and internet media cosmos. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The Indian Graphic Novel

Author : Pramod K. Nayar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317334035
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Indian Graphic Novel written by Pramod K. Nayar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a detailed study of the Indian graphic novel as a significant category of South Asian literature. It focuses on the genre’s engagement with history, memory and cultural identity and its critique of the nation in the form of dissident histories and satire. Deploying a nuanced theoretical framework, the volume closely examines major texts such as The Harappa Files, Delhi Calm, Kari, Bhimayana, Gardener in the Wasteland, Pao Anthology, and authors and illustrators including Sarnath Banerjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Durgabai Vyam, Amrutha Patil, Srividya Natarajan and others. It also explores — using key illustrations from the texts — critical themes like contested and alternate histories, urban realities, social exclusion, contemporary politics, and identity politics. A major intervention in Indian writing in English, this volume will be of great importance to scholars and researchers of South Asian literature, cultural studies, art and visual culture, and sociology.

Adi Parva

Author : Amruta Patil
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 935357918X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Adi Parva written by Amruta Patil and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adi Parva is a graphic novel based on the Mahabharat and the oral tradition of ancient India.Adi Parva draws from the classic Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharat, and the Vishnu Purana. In it, the celestial river Ganga narrates the events from the beginning of time. The story is played out by a medley of characters ranging from gods to sages, queens to seers, hermits to seductresses and kings to warriors as they come together in this graphic retelling of Hindu mythology. This epic graphic novel depicts timeless events such as the churning of the sea, the snake sacrifice of Janmejaya and the first time the queen Gandhari wears a blindfold. The book combines breath-taking art with classic storytelling to paint the picture of a tale which has inspired and guided several hundred generations of people throughout the history of India.

First Hand

Author : Orijit Sen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789382579137
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book First Hand written by Orijit Sen and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

MYTHS OF INDIA - VOL.03 Issue 3

Author : Deepak Chopra
Publisher : Graphic India
ISBN 13 : 9810926197
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book MYTHS OF INDIA - VOL.03 Issue 3 written by Deepak Chopra and published by Graphic India. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lakshmi the daughter of sea and sister to the moon, Hanuman born with the body of an ape, but a heart as large as a hundred suns. Saraswati the white swan, Andhaka the blind one, Krishna the embodiment of divine joy. These are five powerful stories in this third compilation of the series, MYTHS OF INDIA, presented by Graphic India and Deepak Chopra. These magical retellings of immortal gods and goddesses have travelled many generations and belong to the core of Indian mythology. Each tale features a foreword by acclaimed author Deepak Chopra followed by stunning illustrations and artwork.

Stories of Rama

Author : Anant Pai
Publisher : Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Limited
ISBN 13 : 9788189999506
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Stories of Rama written by Anant Pai and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the following titles: Ancestors of Rama, Dasharatha, Rama, Hanuman, The Sons of Rama

Graphic Narratives about South Asia and South Asian America

Author : Kavita Daiya
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000730018
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Graphic Narratives about South Asia and South Asian America written by Kavita Daiya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the field of Comics Studies in South Asia, illuminating an art form in which there has been a much-documented explosion of recent interest. A diverse group of scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America examine aesthetics, politics, and ideology in sequential art about South Asia and South Asian America. The book features contributions which address gender violence; authoritarian politics; caste discrimination; environmentalism; racism; and urban street art, amongst others. The unique interdisciplinary span of the volume considers mass popular comic books as well as the graphic novel. This edited volume would be of interest to those studying the influence of graphic novels, graphic narratives, and comic books in South Asia, as well as researchers interested in what these forms might have to say about important issues in society. This book was originally published as a special issue of the South Asian Review journal.

Kari

Author : Amruta Patil
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9351779173
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Kari written by Amruta Patil and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were inseparable - until the day they jumped. Ruth, saved by safety nets, leaves the city. Kari, saved by a sewer, crawls back into the fray of living. With Angel, Lazarus, and the girls of Crystal Palace forming the chorus to her song, she explores the dark heart of smog city - loneliness, sewers, sleeper success, death - and the memory of her absentee Other. Sensuously illustrated and livened by wry commentaries on life and love, Kari gives a new voice to graphic fiction in India.

Intermediality and Storytelling

Author : Marina Grishakova
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110237733
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Intermediality and Storytelling written by Marina Grishakova and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'narrative turn' in the humanities, which expanded the study of narrative to various disciplines, has found a correlate in the 'medial turn' in narratology. Long restricted to language-based literary fiction, narratology has found new life in the recognition that storytelling can take place in a variety of media, and often combines signs belonging to different semiotic categories: visual, auditory, linguistic and perhaps even tactile. The essays gathered in this volume apply the newly gained awareness of the expressive power of media to particular texts, demonstrating the productivity of a medium-aware analysis. Through the examination of a wide variety of different media, ranging from widely studied, such as literature and film, to new, neglected, or non-standard ones, such as graphic novels, photography, television, musicals, computer games and advertising, they address some of the most fundamental questions raised by the medial turn in narratology: how can narrative meaning be created in media other than language; how do different types of signs collaborate with each other in so-called 'multi-modal works', and what new forms of narrativity are made possible by the emergence of digital media.

India's Immortal Comic Books

Author : Karline McLain
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253220521
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book India's Immortal Comic Books written by Karline McLain and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Mutants and Mystics

Author : Jeffrey J. Kripal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226453839
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Mutants and Mystics written by Jeffrey J. Kripal and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Account of how comic book heroes have helped their creators and fans alike explore and express a wealth of paranormal experiences ignored by mainstream science. Delving deeply into the work of major figures in the field - from Jack Kirby's cosmic superhero sagas and Philip K. Dick's futuristic head-trips to Alan Moore's sex magic and Whitley Strieber's communion with visitors - Kripal shows how creators turned to science fiction to convey the reality of the inexplicable and the paranormal they experienced in their lives. Expanded consciousness found its language in the metaphors of sci-fi - incredible powers, unprecedented mutations, time-loops and vast intergalactic intelligences - and the deeper influences of mythology and religion that these in turn drew from ; the wildly creative work that followed caught the imaginations of millions. Moving deftly from Cold War science and Fredric Wertham's anticomics crusade to gnostic revelation and alien abduction, Kripal spins out a hidden history of American culture, rich with mythical themes and shot through with an awareness that there are other realities far beyond our everyday understanding."--Jacket.

Constructing a New Canon of Post-1980s Indian English Fiction

Author : Sahdev Luhar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527500497
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Constructing a New Canon of Post-1980s Indian English Fiction written by Sahdev Luhar and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literary canon implies the evaluation or estimation of certain literary texts as the most important during a particular time. The canon is not merely a set of texts; it is a set of standards, evaluative procedures and values. Belonging to a canon confers a guarantee of literary greatness. A canon is formed, by a particular group, to channelize cultural hegemony over others, or, can be constructed, by a governed group, to bring about cultural symmetry. The rise of diverse literatures in English in different parts of the world after the colonial rule of England was the consequence of an urge to articulate a cultural equilibrium or an urge to strike back. The process of canon formation is also a focused and bigoted act, and is always carried out to accomplish certain self-centred objectives. It is commonly accepted that canon formation is executed to accomplish or naturalize certain ideological functions. In the sphere of Indian English literature, Indian English fiction after the end of the 1980s has emerged as a new “canon”. This book looks into the process of literary canon formation in Indian universities, and examines such fiction as an alternative literary canon and as an anti-imperialistic response to the British literary canon. The book ascertains the anti-imperialistic design involved in forming the canon of post-1980 Indian English fiction, examines the gradual emerging trends in such fiction, and discerns the role of language, culture, and native ethos in the formation of a canon. It also differentiates post-1980s Indian English fiction from British fiction, bhasa fiction, and even from pre-1980s Indian English fiction.