Sculpting the Middle Class: History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha

by Deepa Sreenivas

This book is an analysis of the Amar Chitra Katha genre, historical comic-books that capture and promote a middle class masculine identity, as culture became the new site for right-wing hegemonic politics in India over the last 4 decades of the 20th century.

220 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2009