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Drama of Democracy: Author Biography

Drama of Democracy
Author Biography

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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Introduction: “The Real Show”
  9. Interlude I: Mediating “Slum”
  10. 1. Cash: “You Can’t Buy a Vote”
  11. Interlude II: South Bombay
  12. 2. Natak: “The Size of the Public Will Be the Size of the Image”
  13. 3. Believe: “What’s a Show and What’s a Lie”
  14. Interlude III: Places of Protest
  15. 4. Kaaghaz: “We Aren’t Hindustani by Paper; We’re Hindustani by Blood”
  16. 5. Politics: “The Protests Were Becoming Politicized”
  17. Conclusion: Drama of Democracy
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. Author Biography

Author Biography

Lisa Björkman is associate professor at the University of Louisville and the author of Pipe Politics, Contested Waters: Embedded Infrastructures of Millennial Mumbai, Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories, and Bombay Brokers. Lisa is also research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle.

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