Television, the Middle Classes and the Transformation of Cultural Identities in West Bengal, India
Author(s)
Scrase, Timothy J.
Abstract
Examines the impact of an increasingly globalized television culture, including satellite and cable television, on lower middle-class culture; some focus on westernization, modernity, consumerism, and the portrayal of women; based on ethnographic research in Calcutta (Kolkata) and Siliguri from 1998-2000.
