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100	1		_aBhattacharya, Shrayana _eauthor
245	1	0	_aDesperately seeking Shah Rukh : _bIndia's lonely young women and the search for intimacy and independence / _cShrayana Bhattacharya.
260			_aHaryana : _bHarperCollins, _c2021.
300			_axxii, 445p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 405-424) and index.
520			_aIn 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. 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.
546			_aEnglish.
650		0	_aWomen _xSocial conditions _zIndia
650		0	_aFeminism _xSocial aspects _zIndia
650		0	_aMotion pictures _xSocial aspects _zIndia
650		0	_aCelebrities _xPublic opinion _zIndia
650		0	_aWomen fans _xPsychology _zIndia
650		0	_aIndia _xSocial life and customs
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