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Title

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

Publication

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

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

Description

viii, 298 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Mass media > Religious aspects
• South Asia > Religion > 20th century

Note

• "This project was sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / Lawrence A. Babb -- Sect. 1. Printed Images -- Introduction / Susan S. Wadley. 2. Impact of "God Posters" on Hindus and Their Devotional Traditions / H. Daniel Smith. 3. Suitable for Framing: The Work of a Modern Master / Stephen R. Inglis. 4. The World of Amar Chitra Katha / Frances W. Pritchett. 5. The Saints Subdued: Domestic Virtue and National Integration in Amar Chitra Katha / John Stratton Hawley -- Sect. 2. Audio Recordings -- Introduction / Susan S. Wadley. 6. Recorded Sound and Religious Music: The Case of Qawwali / Regula Burckhardt Qureshi. 7. On Cassette Rather Than Live: Religious Music in India Today / Scott L. Marcus -- Sect. 3. Visual Media -- Introduction / Susan S. Wadley. 8. Market Forces at Work: Religious Themes in Commercial Hindi Films / Steve Derne. 9. All in the (Raghu) Family: A Video Epic in Cultural Context / Philip Lutgendorf. 10. Video Vacana: Swadhyaya and Sacred Tapes / John T. Little.

ISBN

• 0812233042 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0812215478 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

95013168

OCLC

• 32237046
• ocm32237046

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries