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作者

Aju James

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.41,Issue5,P.791-800

语言

英文

关键字

Mumbai,world-class city,global Indian-ness,national identity

作者单位

American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, OH, USA

摘要

Through an examination of the stand-up comedy scene in Mumbai, India, this paper analyzes what “global” means in the context of new articulations of Indian-ness. I argue that emergent urban art forms, such as stand-up comedy in Mumbai, allow the articulation of a world-class urban subjectivity, which comes to define meanings of “global Indian-ness”. Thus, this article contributes to our understanding of how the growing role of global cities in capturing transnational flows of capital shapes contemporary articulations of national identity. Specifically, media productions facilitated by the production of cities like Mumbai as world-class produces a new subjectivity that informs national identity. Stand-up comedy in Mumbai is one such emergent media production, because it is made possible by Mumbai’s media infrastructure, which in turn is facilitated by the reorganization of Mumbai as a world-class city. KEYWORDS: Mumbaiworld-class cityglobal Indian-nessnational identity Disclosure Statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author. Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Stoddard & O’Neill Fund, Fall 2017, provided by the School of Cultural and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University; [-].