Tasveer Ghar: A Digital Archive of South Asian Popular Visual Culture

 

Catering to Indian and British Tastes:
Gender in Early Indian Print Advertisements

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“A popular figure in society”, probably actor I.S.Johar, displays the male smartness with a cigarette and the Brylcreem hair dressing. “He looks smart, he uses Brylcreem”.


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