Dangerous Desires: Television and Erotics in Late Twentieth-Century India

Mankekar writes about the ways in which the coming of transnational television to South Asia has brought new longings through which anxieties about Westernization and the construction of Indian identity can be expressed in terms of discourses about commodities and romance. She, too, is concerned abo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of Asian studies 2004-05, Vol.63 (2), p.403-431
1. Verfasser:	Mankekar, Purnima
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	20th century Ancient languages Asian studies Commodities Culture Desire Diaspora Eroticism Ethnography Ethnology Family. Family relations Field study Globalization India Indian culture Language culture relationship Mass media Men Middle class Pleasure Popular culture Public sphere Romance languages Satellite television Sex, gender, sexuality Sexuality Social structure and social relations Television Television commercials Television networks Television programs Traditions Transnationalism Working class
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Zusammenfassung:	Mankekar writes about the ways in which the coming of transnational television to South Asia has brought new longings through which anxieties about Westernization and the construction of Indian identity can be expressed in terms of discourses about commodities and romance. She, too, is concerned about the dynamic relationship between erotics and nationhood.
ISSN:	0021-9118 1752-0401
DOI:	10.1017/S0021911804001020