MARC details
000 -LEADER |
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01778nam a22002057a 4500 |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230127153240.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9789356292147 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
303.385 |
Item number |
BHA |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Bhattacharya, Shrayana |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Desperately seeking Shah Rukh: |
Remainder of title |
India's lonely young women and the search for intimacy and independence |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
HarperCollins Publishers |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Haryana |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2022 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xxxviii, 443 p. |
365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
Price type code |
INR |
Price amount |
499.00 |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
In 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.<br/><br/>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. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Economic and personal trajectories |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Jobs - Desires - Prayers - Love affairs - Rivalries - Women |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Freedom-or income-to follow |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
Book |