Celebrity Worship, Consumerism and Hegemony in Late-Stage Capitalism – Aishwarya Bejjaram
The media landscape has undergone a significant shift. A pre-wedding event, for instance, wouldn’t have generated the significant public attention…
Print Media in Kerala: Cultural, Political and Technological Influences – Anna Zacharias
No one factor can explain the growth or decline of print media. This essay seeks to show how important political…
Consumerism, Cinema, and the Glamour of Contemporary Weddings in India – Moureen Kalita
Weddings in India have increasingly become an extravagant spectacle. The big fat Bollywood wedding has redrawn the Indian middle-class aspiration…
The Middle Class in India: Culture, Politics and Consumption: An Interview with Leela Fernandes
The Doing Sociology team interviewed Prof. Leela Fernandes. She is the Director of the Stanley D. Golub Chair of International…
Culture Industry and Mass Consumption – Mahmudul Hasan Laskar
“The neon signs which hang over our cities and outshine the natural light of the night with their own are…
New Urban Cultures, Consumerism and the Middle Class in India: An Interview with Sanjay Srivastava
Doing Sociology interviewed Prof. Sanjay Srivastava, a British Academy Global Professor at University College London (UCL) and a Professor of…