Media and the transformation of religion in South Asia / edited by Lawrence A. Babb and Susan S. Wadley.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1995], ©1995.
Description
viii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Notes
"This project was sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Introduction / Lawrence A. Babb
  • Sect. 1. Printed Images
  • Introduction / Susan S. Wadley. 2. Impact of "God Posters" on Hindus and Their Devotional Traditions / H. Daniel Smith. 3. Suitable for Framing: The Work of a Modern Master / Stephen R. Inglis. 4. The World of Amar Chitra Katha / Frances W. Pritchett. 5. The Saints Subdued: Domestic Virtue and National Integration in Amar Chitra Katha / John Stratton Hawley
  • Sect. 2. Audio Recordings
  • Introduction / Susan S. Wadley. 6. Recorded Sound and Religious Music: The Case of Qawwali / Regula Burckhardt Qureshi. 7. On Cassette Rather Than Live: Religious Music in India Today / Scott L. Marcus
  • Sect. 3. Visual Media
  • Introduction / Susan S. Wadley. 8. Market Forces at Work: Religious Themes in Commercial Hindi Films / Steve Derne. 9. All in the (Raghu) Family: A Video Epic in Cultural Context / Philip Lutgendorf. 10. Video Vacana: Swadhyaya and Sacred Tapes / John T. Little.
ISBN
  • 0812233042 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0812215478 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
95013168
OCLC
32237046
RCP
C - S
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