| Description |
1 online resource (x, 204 pages). |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
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New directions in book history
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New directions in book history.
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| Summary |
"This book examines five areas of English-language publications in India: Indian 'commercial fiction' in English; English translations of Indian vernacular pulp fiction; Hitler's Mein Kampf (which commands a significant market in India and globally); Group Discussion guidebooks; and government 'value education' texts (policy statements, textbooks and related). These kinds of publications are generally neglected by academic researchers, which is itself a matter of interest. Conceptualizing his approach as bibliographical sociology, the author explores the presence of these books in the contemporary Indian context - their productions, circulations and readerships - to understand current social trends. The themes that emerge include perceptions of youth, concerns about education, the status of the English language, the book publishing industry, the relationship between public and private sectors, the drives of global and local forces, and tensions amidst social strata"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Keywords and Preliminaries; Appropriate terms; Provocation to academia; Books as social symptoms; 2 Indian Commercial Fiction in English; Commercial and literary; Local/global; Middle-class youth; 3 Indian Vernacular Pulp Fiction in English Translation; Indian Translation Studies and English; The habitual English reader's view; The Hindi commentators' view; Back to translation studies; 4 On the Indian Readers of Hitler's Mein Kampf; Circulations; Who reads it and why?; Leadership and youth; A bigger picture; Ideological coherence. |
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5 Framing Group Discussion GuidebooksJobseekers and students for business; What happens in Group Discussion; 6 Low-End Group Discussion Guidebooks and Kunjis; High-end and low-end; The pressure of English; The quasi-encyclopaedic function; Production of failure?; 7 Approaching Public Sector "Value Education" Publications; The form of scholarly texts; International and national contexts; Public sector publishing; 8 Mapping Public Sector "Value Education" Publications; Self-reporting publications: Government policy; Esoteric and mystical texts; Supporting publications: Textbooks and academic. |
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Books that ought to exist but don't9 Rules of Bibliographical Sociology's Method; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Books and reading -- India -- Sociological aspects.
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Books and reading. |
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India. |
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English imprints -- Publishing -- India.
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English imprints -- Publishing. |
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Popular literature -- Publishing -- India.
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Popular literature -- Publishing. |
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Popular literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Indic. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading. |
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Books and reading -- Sociological aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gupta, Suman, 1966- Consumable texts in contemporary India. Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 9781137489289 (DLC) 2014049651 (OCoLC)891610469 |
| ISBN |
9781137489296 (electronic book) |
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1137489294 (electronic book) |
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1349504181 |
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9781349504183 |
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9781137489289 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9781137489296 |
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