Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia / / Lawrence A. Babb, Susan S. Wadley.

This volume explores the effects of the religious transformation taking place in India as sacred symbols assume the shapes of media images. Lifted from their traditional forms and contexts, many religious symbols, beliefs, and practices are increasingly refracted through such media as god posters, c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1995
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (302 p.) :; 23 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • Illustration
  • A Note on Transliteration
  • 1. Introduction
  • Introduction
  • 2. Impact of "God Posters" on Hindus and Their Devotional Traditions
  • 3. Suitable for Framing: The Work of a Modern Master
  • 4. The World of Amar Chitra Katha
  • 5. The Saints Subdued: Domestic Virtue and National Integration in Amar Chitra Katha
  • Introduction
  • 6. Recorded Sound and Religious Music: The Case of Qawwäti
  • 7. On Cassette Rather Than Live: Religious Music in India Today
  • Introduction
  • 8. Market Forces at Work: Religious Themes in Commercial Hindi Films
  • 9. All in the (Raghu) Family: Α Video Epic in Cultural Context
  • 10. Video Vacana: Swadhyaya and Sacred Tapes
  • Contributor
  • Index