Politics after television : religious nationalism and the reshaping of the Indian public /
In January 1987, the Indian state-run television began broadcasting a Hindu epic in serial form, the Ramayan, to nationwide audiences, violating a decades-old taboo on religious partisanship. What resulted was the largest political campaign in post-independence times, around the symbol of Lord Ram,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Hindu nationalism and the cultural forms of Indian politics
- 2. Prime time religion
- 3. The communicating thing and its public
- 4. A "split public" in the making and unmaking of the Ram Janmabhumi movement
- 5. Organization, performance, and symbol
- 6. Hindutva goes global
- Conclusion: How has television changed the context of politics in India?
- App. Background to the Babri Masjid dispute.