India's Immortal Comic Books by Karline McLain

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Students of popular culture, contemporary religion, and anthropology will all learn a great deal from McLain's study.' (Lisa Trivedi Hamilton College)

'riginal both in content and in the kinds of sources that are brought to bear on the subject. In this absorbing study, Karline McLain takes the comics seriously, showing us the faces behind the pages and tracing the global impact of this culturally crucial medium and text.' (John Stratton Hawley Barnard College, Columbia University) It's a formidable canon, and like every 'Bible' it's not just inspirational but, on reflection, controversial. Indias Immortal Comic Books Karline McLain Combining entertainment and education, Indias most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, or 'Immortal Picture Stories,' is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. 'I've never taught an introductory Hinduism class without finding that for many Hindu students, Amar Chitra Katha had taught the course long before me. He is a god in human form, and the Rama comic book is a Hindu devotional story told through the comic book medium.' ( from the Introduction) in many ways akin to American comic book superheroes such as Superman and Captain America, Rama is not your average fictitious superhero. A beautiful, fair―skinned woman with long dark tresses watches with wonder as Rama, the hero, takes aim.

There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.'The Rama comic book features a muscular, bare―chested, blue―tinged hero on its cover, posed with bow and arrow drawn. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. These delivery times are the maximum delivery periods that a purchase can take to reach our customers. Standard Delivery: Free (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £2.49 (reduced rate, 1-2 working days)Įxpress Delivery: Free (1-2 working days) Standard Delivery: £2.99 (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £4.99 (1-2 working days) If any items are missing from your delivery, please allow 2 working days for the rest of your order to arrive before contacting us at of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Items from our extended range section are dispatched separately.

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India's Immortal Comic Books by Karline McLain