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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rajagopal, Arvind
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Bharatiya Janata Party
Television in politics > India.
Elections > India.
Mass media > Political aspects > India.
Nationalism > India > Religious aspects.
Immigrants > United States.
Élections > Inde.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Elections
Immigrants
Mass media > Political aspects
Nationalism > Religious aspects
Television in politics
Hinduismus
Nationalsozialismus
Öffentlichkeit
Fernsehen
Televisie.
Politieke aspecten.
Religieuze aspecten.
Hindoes.
Télévision et politique > États-Unis.
Télévision et politique > Inde.
Nationalisme > Sociologie > Inde.
India
United States
Indien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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