{"product_id":"consuming-modernity-carol-a-breckenridge-9780816623068","title":"Consuming Modernity: Public Culture in a South Asian World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsuming Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates that what is distinctive of any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. Behind the embattled arena of culture in India, for example, lie particular social and political interests such as the growing middle class; the entrepreneurs and commercial institutions; and the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors address the roles of these various intertwined interests in the making of India's public culture, each examining different sites of consumption. The sites they explore include cinema, radio, cricket, restaurants, and tourism. \u003ci\u003eConsuming Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e also makes clear the differences among public, mass, and popular culture.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include Arjun Appadurai, University of Chicago; Frank F. Conlon, University of Washington; Sara Dickey, Bowdoin College; Paul Greenough, University of Iowa; David Lelyveld, Columbia University; Barbara N. Ramusack, University of Cincinnati; Rosie Thomas, University of Westminster; and Phillip B. Zarrilli, University of Wisconsin, Madison. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol A. Breckenridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816623066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816623068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 5.95w x 0.59d","brand":"Carol A. Breckenridge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365025018111,"sku":"9780816623068","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ca94121-235b-49e8-b588-162d3d089c62.jpg?v=1697056196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/consuming-modernity-carol-a-breckenridge-9780816623068","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}