Television and the Afghan Culture Wars : Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists /

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"Portrayed in Western discourse as tribal and traditional, Afghans have in fact intensely debated women's rights, democracy, modernity, and Islam as part of their nation building in the post-9/11 era. Wazhmah Osman places television at the heart of these public and politically charged clas...

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Main Author: Osman, Wazhmah, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Television programs
Television broadcasting > Social aspects
Television and politics
Social history > Press coverage
Television programs > Afghanistan > History > 21st century.
Television and politics > Afghanistan.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan > Social conditions > 21st century > Press coverage.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Legitimizing Modernity: Indigenous Modernities, Foreign Incursions, and Their Backlashes
  • Imperialism, Globalization, and Development: Overlaps and Disjunctures
  • Afghan Television Production: A Distinctive Political Economy
  • Producers and Production: The Development Gaze and the Imperial Gaze
  • Reaching Vulnerable and Dangerous Populations: Women and the Pashtuns
  • Reception and Audiences: The Demands and Desires of Afghan People
  • Conclusion: The Future of Afghan Media, the Future of Afghanistan.

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