South Asian media cultures : audiences, representations, contexts / edited by Shakuntala Banaji.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2010.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 265 pages) : illustrations

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Available Online

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Subject(s)
Series
Anthem South Asian studies [More in this series]
Summary note
South Asian Media Cultures' examines a wide range of media cultures and practices from across South Asia, using a common set of historical, political and theoretical engagements.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • Introduction / Shakuntala Banaji
  • Talking back to 'Bollywood': Hindi commercial cinema in North-East India / Daisy Hasan
  • 'Adverts make me want to break the television': Indian children and their audiovisual media environment in three contrasting locations / Shakuntala Banaji
  • Urdu for image: understanding Bangladeshi cinema through its theatres / Lotte Hoek
  • Musical media and cosmopolitanisms in Nepal's popular music, 1950-2006 / Paul D. Greene
  • Private satellite media and the geo-politics of moderation in Pakistan / Tahir H. Naqvi
  • Forgetting to remember: the privatisation of the public, the economization of Hindutva, and the medialisation of genocide / Britta Ohm
  • Myth- the national form: Mission Istanbul and Muslim representation in Hindi popular cinema / Noorel Mecklai
  • A peace of soap: representations of peace and conflict in popular teledramas in Sri Lanka / Neluka Silva
  • Destigmatising star texts
  • honour and shame among Muslim women in Pakistani cinema / Irna Qureshi
  • Through the lens of a 'branded criminal': the politics of marginal cinema in India / Rashmi Sawhney
  • Pakistani students' uses of new media to construct a narrative of dissent / Saman Talib
  • Expanding the art of the possible: leveraging citizen journalism and user generated content (USG) for peace in Sri Lanka / Sanjana Hattotuwa
  • Conclusion / Shakuntala Banaji.
ISBN
  • 9780857289551 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0857289551 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9780857289544 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0857289543 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9786613377319
  • 6613377317
OCLC
741952444
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