Virgin Comics: Hindu Narrative Themes for a Cosmopolitan Audience
Virgin Comics (subsequently known as Liquid Comics and Graphic India) was founded in 2006 as a comic book publisher that aimed to market Indian comics to a global, cosmopolitan audience. This article focuses on their Shakti line, which draws upon Hindu narratives about gods, goddesses, and holy peop...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
2022
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 172-189 |
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Liquid Comics (Corporations)
/ India
/ Hinduism
/ Comic strip
/ Interculturality
/ Intertextuality
/ Secularization
/ Globalization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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Cosmopolitanism
B Ramayan B Liquid Comics B Globalization B Transnationalism B Virgin Comics B Deepak Chopra B Hinduism B graphic India B India |
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