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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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rajagopal, Arvind
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.