Politics after television : (Record no. 11681)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0521640539 |
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| ISBN | 9780521640534 |
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| ISBN | 0521648394 (pbk.) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521648394 (pbk.) |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rajagopal, Arvind. |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Politics after television : |
| Remainder of title | religious nationalism and the reshaping of the Indian public / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Arvind Rajagopal. |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge, UK ; New Yor |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year of publication or production | c2001. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 393 p. ; |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Hindu nationalism and the cultural forms of Indian politics -- 2. Prime time religion -- 3. The communicating thing and its public -- 4. A "split public" in the making and unmaking of the Ram Janmabhumi movement -- 5. Organization, performance, and symbol -- 6. Hindutva goes global -- Conclusion: How has television changed the context of politics in India? -- App. Background to the Babri Masjid dispute. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In January 1987, the Indian state-run television began broadcasting a Hindu epic in serial form, the Ramayan, to nationwide audiences, violating a decades-old taboo on religious partisanship. What resulted was the largest political campaign in post-independence times, around the symbol of Lord Ram, led by Hindu nationalists. The complexion of Indian politics was irrevocably changed thereafter. In this book, Arvind Rajagopal analyses this extraordinary series of events. While audiences may have thought they were harking back to an epic golden age, Hindu nationalist leaders were embracing the prospects of neo-liberalism and globalization. Television was the device that hinged these movements together, symbolizing the new possibilities of politics, at once more inclusive and authoritarian. Simultaneously, this study examines how the larger historical context was woven into and changed the character of Hindu nationalism. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Television in politics. |
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| Topical Term | Television in politics |
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| Topical Term | Elections |
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| Topical Term | Mass media |
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| Topical Term | Nationalism |
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| Topical Term | Nationalism |
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| Topical Term | Immigrants |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Lagos Study Centre | Lagos Study Centre | 10/07/2023 | HE8700.76 .I4 R34 2001 | 0183709 | Books |