An ethnography of urban women television viewers in India, and their reception of particular shows, especially in relation to issues of gender and nation.

In Unsettling India, Purnima Mankekar offers a new understanding of the affective and temporal dimensions of how India and “Indianness,” as objects of knowl

This book considers how a culture of crisis management&—what Cazdyn calls "the new chronic"&— has come to dominate all aspects of contemporary life, from bi

Shows how the US's expansive attempt at cultural globalization helped transform Japan into one of Hollywood's key markets. He also demonstrates the prominent ro

This book explores the relationship between fictional television and American world politics in the period from 9/11 through to the presidency of Donald J. Trum