Shanti Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4690411 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shanti Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shanti |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Television
Media, Communication, and Postcolonial Theory
Postcolonial theory has for most part been ignored in communication studies, even as the turn toward cultural studies has brought issues of postcoloniality to the forefront in media and communication studies. This chapter first focuses on the historical debates over the question of modern nationalism in postcolonial theory. Then it foregrounds the ways in which scholars in the field of international communications have dealt with the issue of nat…
Television at large
All the essays in this special issue deal with the theme Television at large in the political, economic, cultural, and technological contexts of contemporary South Asia. In different ways, each ess
Narratives of the Global Recession in Bollywood
In this essay, I focus on some of the many arguments put forth by journalists, bloggers, actors, directors, producers, and industry analysts to explain the impact of the global recession on Indian
Inside the Home Theatre. The hyper‐real world of television in India
This paper deconstructs the representations of state‐of‐the‐art colour television sets in India through close textual analysis of print advertisements that appeared in leading national news magazines such as India Today from 1991 to 2001. It argues that the advertisements are indicative of the innovative strategies – such as the home theatre – that are being used by leading manufacturers in the Indian electronics industry to promote television as…
Made in India”
The pressing problems and peculiar potential of transculturation in music television can be most profitably addressed by examining the struggles within being waged by local Hindi pop artists such as Alisha Chinai. Through close textual analysis, this article critically examines how and why one of Alishas most popular music videos, titled “Made in India,” has become somewhat of a cultural icon for many Indian women, ranking as the best-selling pop…
Made in India”
The pressing problems and peculiar potential of transculturation in music television can be most profitably addressed by examining the struggles within being waged by local Hindi pop artists such as Alisha Chinai. Through close textual analysis, this article critically examines how and why one of Alishas most popular music videos, titled “Made in India,” has become somewhat of a cultural icon for many Indian women, ranking as the best-selling pop…
Television at large
All the essays in this special issue deal with the theme Television at large in the political, economic, cultural, and technological contexts of contemporary South Asia. In different ways, each ess
Made in India”
The pressing problems and peculiar potential of transculturation in music television can be most profitably addressed by examining the struggles within being waged by local Hindi pop artists such as Alisha Chinai. Through close textual analysis, this article critically examines how and why one of Alishas most popular music videos, titled “Made in India,” has become somewhat of a cultural icon for many Indian women, ranking as the best-selling pop…
Inside the Home Theatre. The hyper‐real world of television in India
This paper deconstructs the representations of state‐of‐the‐art colour television sets in India through close textual analysis of print advertisements that appeared in leading national news magazines such as India Today from 1991 to 2001. It argues that the advertisements are indicative of the innovative strategies – such as the home theatre – that are being used by leading manufacturers in the Indian electronics industry to promote television as…
Narratives of the Global Recession in Bollywood
In this essay, I focus on some of the many arguments put forth by journalists, bloggers, actors, directors, producers, and industry analysts to explain the impact of the global recession on Indian
Television at large
All the essays in this special issue deal with the theme Television at large in the political, economic, cultural, and technological contexts of contemporary South Asia. In different ways, each ess
Media, Communication, and Postcolonial Theory
Postcolonial theory has for most part been ignored in communication studies, even as the turn toward cultural studies has brought issues of postcoloniality to the forefront in media and communication studies. This chapter first focuses on the historical debates over the question of modern nationalism in postcolonial theory. Then it foregrounds the ways in which scholars in the field of international communications have dealt with the issue of nat…
Television
Media studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Business (2 works)