PUBLIC CULTURE Volume 2 N u m b e r 2 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy Arjun Appadurai History as a Sign of the Modern Nicholas B. Dirks Death and History: An Emjteror's Funeral Ako Nakano Steroids and the State: Dubin, Melodrama and the Accomplishment of Innocence John J. MacAloon Japanese No-Noh: The Crosstalk of Public Culture in a Rural Festivity William Kelly Postmodernism and Structural Change John Hinkson Six Contemporary Indian Poe Vinay Dharwadker (trans.) Indian Poems The Curry Eastern Takeaway Madhu Jain A Consumer and a Gentlemen Diane Barthel US $10.00 (add $4.00 if outside USA) payable to PUBLIC CULTURE Mail to: PUBLIC CULTURE: Carol A. Breckenridge, Editor The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324, USA Tele: (001) 215-898-4054 Fax:(001)215-898-0657 38 Vol 5 No. 3