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  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

Contents

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

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Every effort was made to obtain permission to reproduce material in this book. If any proper acknowledgment has not been included here, we encourage copyright holders to notify the publisher.

The lyrics from “Yeh jo Public Hai” are copyright Anand Bakshi and reprinted with permission.

Portions of chapter 1 were originally published as “‘You Can’t Buy a Vote’: Meanings of Money in a Mumbai Election,” American Ethnologist 41, no. 4 (2014): 617–34, https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12101; copyright 2014 by the American Anthropological Association.

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