Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh : India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
Author: Shrayana Bhattacharya
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About This BookWith a new preface for the paperback editionIn this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence and fun. Embracing Hindi film idol Shah Rukh Khan allows them a small respite from an oppressive culture, a fillip to their fantasies of a friendlier masculinity in Indian men. Most struggle to find the freedom-or income-to follow their favourite actor. Bobbing along in this stream of multiple lives for more than a decade-from Manju's boredom in 'rurban' Rampur and Gold's anger at having to compete with Western women for male attention in Delhi's nightclubs, to Zahira's break from domestic abuse in Ahmedabad-Bhattacharya gleans the details on what Indian women think about men, money, movies, beauty, helplessness, agency and love. A most unusual and compelling book on the female gaze, this is the story of how women have experienced post-liberalization India. Read moreBook DetailsAuthor: Shrayana BhattacharyaPublisher: HarperCollins India (10 November 2022); HarperCollins Publishers; Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ieFormat: Paperback – 10 November 2022Language: EnglishPages: 464ISBN: 978-9356292147Dimensions: 215 x 140 x 18 cmWeight: 294 g
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- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback – 10 November 2022
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- Available on request
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What is this book about?
About This BookWith a new preface for the paperback editionIn this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this book for how intimately it listens to women whose voices are rarely centred. Through candid conversations and long-term observation, it shows you how love for Shah Rukh Khan becomes a lens to understand desire, work, money and freedom in contemporary India. It’s empathetic without being sentimental, academic yet deeply readable, and leaves you thinking differently about intimacy, agency and popular culture long after you’ve turned the last page.
- Published by HarperCollins India (10 November 2022); HarperCollins Publishers; Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie.
- Language: English.
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About This BookWith a new preface for the paperback editionIn this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence and fun. Embracing Hindi film idol Shah Rukh Khan allows them a small respite from an oppressive culture, a fillip to their fantasies of a friendlier masculinity in Indian men. Most struggle to find the freedom-or income-to follow their favourite actor. Bobbing along in this stream of multiple lives for more than a decade-from Manju's boredom in 'rurban'...
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