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

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Description:

viii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Lawrence A. Babb -- Impact of "god posters" on Hindus and their devotional traditions / H. Daniel Smith -- Suitable for framing: the work of a modern master / Stephen R. Inglis -- The world of Amar chitra katha / Frances W. Pritchett -- The saints subdued: domestic virtue and national integration in Amar chitra katha / John Stratton Hawley -- Recorded sound and religious music: the case of Qawwali Regula Burckhardt Qureshi -- On cassette rather than live: religious music in India today / Scott L. Marcus -- Market forces at work: religious themes in commercial Hindi films / Steve Derne -- All in the (Raghu) family: a video epic in cultural context / Philip Lutgendorf -- Video vacana: Swadhyaya and sacred tapes / John T. Little.

ISBN:

0812233042 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780812233049 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0812215478 (paper ; alk. paper)
9780812215472 (paper ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Mass media Religious aspects.
Médias Aspect religieux.
11.05 sociology of religion.
Religion
Massenmedien
Kongress
Massamedia.
Hindoeïsme.
Mass media Religious aspects South Asia.
Religion and culture South Asia.
Presse Inde.
Médias Inde Aspect religieux.
South Asia Religion 20th century.
Asie méridionale Religion 20e siècle.
South Asia
Südasien
Asie du Sud Religion 20e siècle.
Asia, South Religion 20th century.

Form/genre:

Kongreß Monterey (Calif.) 1989.

Added entries:

Babb, Lawrence A.
Wadley, Susan Snow, 1943-
Joint Committee on South Asia.
American Council of Learned Societies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227357
Call No.: BL1055 .W33 1995
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available

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