Delivery included to the United States

Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture

Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture

Hardback (08 Aug 2025)

  • $77.71
Pre-order

Includes delivery to the United States

Publisher's Synopsis

Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture is the first volume to analyze the myriad conceptualizations of South Asian women's body issues in film, literature, advertising, and other media. Showing how body image and self-identity are constructed in contemporary neoliberal India, the editors and contributors theorize issues of body image vis-à-vis Indian womanhood while touching upon political, socio-economic, and cultural parameters. Influences from the colonial period through the age of the internet and globalization have reinforced Eurocentric ideals about femininity and womanhood.

About the Publisher

Manohar Publishers and Distributors

Manohar Publishers & Distributors are known for quality scholarly publications in the field of social sciences, with a focus on India in particular and South Asia in general. Over the years, apart from publishing well known Indian and foreign authors, Manohar has co-published with many prestigious institutions in India and abroad. We publish 40-45 original titles every year.

Book information

ISBN: 9789360806477
Publisher: Manohar Publishers & Distributors
Imprint: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 270
Weight: -1g
Height: 250mm
Width: 170mm