What does “Global” in “Global Indian” mean

Cultural production and new urban subjectivities in world-class Mumbai

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ID11670486
AuthorsAju James (0000-0001-5805-9716, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume41
Issue5
Pages791-800
Publication date2020-03-11
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02723638.2020.1740433
OpenAlexW3010645565
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited22

Through an examination of the stand-up comedy scene in Mumbai, India, this paper analyzes what “global” means in the context of new articulations of Indian-ness. I argue that emergent urban art forms, such as stand-up comedy in Mumbai, allow the articulation of a world-class urban subjectivity, which comes to define meanings of “global Indian-ness”. Thus, this article contributes to our understanding of how the growing role of global cities in capturing transnational flows of capital shapes contemporary articulations of national identity. Specifically, media productions facilitated by the production of cities like Mumbai as world-class produces a new subjectivity that informs national identity. Stand-up comedy in Mumbai is one such emergent media production, because it is made possible by Mumbai’s media infrastructure, which in turn is facilitated by the reorganization of Mumbai as a world-class city

Archaeology · Class (philosophy · Economic geography · Economics · Epistemology · Geography · Global city · Production (economics · Sociology · World class · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Urban Planning and Governance

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