The Third Volume in the series Communication Processes engages in understanding processes of communication in relation to cultural configurations and contending forces that permeate them. This volume is positioned at the interface of culture and communication-exploring ways in which interaction, negotiations, and even conflicts are voiced. It re-examines our conception of culture to show that communities cannot be divided into polarities such as elite and popular or dominant and subaltern -establishing that such clear divisions cannot exist in society. Culture is therefore perceived as a field of contending forces: a milieu of exchange, encounter, confrontation, and possibly conflict.
Author(s): Bernard Bel
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 504
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Part 1: Conflicting Stakes......Page 26
1 - From the Popular to the People......Page 38
2 - Interventionist Tendencies in Popular Culture......Page 72
3 - The Indian Legal System: A Unique Combination of Traditions, Practices and Modern Values......Page 94
Part 2: Power of Orality......Page 124
4 - The Donkey: A Mirror of Self-identification......Page 136
5 - Memory and Social Protest......Page 182
6 - Say it in Singing! Prosodic Patterns and Rhetorics in the Performance of Grindmill Songs......Page 203
7 - Grindmill Songs: A Reference of Autonomous Self-insight......Page 226
8 - From Grindmill Songs to Cultural Action......Page 244
9 - A Reactivated Performance Capacity......Page 253
Part 3: Contours of Creativity......Page 260
10 - Folk Arts and Folk Artists: Myths and Realities......Page 272
11 - Resisting Colonial Modernity: Premchand’s Rangabhoomi......Page 282
12 - Street Theatre in Maharashtra......Page 298
13 - Action Theatre in Belgium......Page 315
Part 4: Contestations in Public Spaces......Page 326
14 - Ephemera, Communication and the Quest for Power: Hindutva in Uttar Pradesh......Page 336
15 - The Ritual Management of Desire in Indian Bazaar Art......Page 364
16 - On the Way to Pandhari......Page 390
17 - The Famous Invincible Darkies......Page 446
Epilogue......Page 486
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 494
