Media and the Transformation of Religion in South AsiaLawrence A. Babb, Susan Snow 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, comic books, audio recordings, and video programs. The ten original essays here examine the impact on India's traditional social and cultural structures of printed images, audio recordings, film, and video. Contributors: Lawrence A. Babb, Steve Derné, John Stratton Hawley, Stephen R. Inglis, John T. Little, Philip Lutgendorf, Scott L. Marcus, Frances W. Pritchett, Regula Burckhardt Qureshi, H. Daniel Smith, and Susan S. Wadley. |
Contents
Introduction I | 21 |
The Work of a Modern Master | 51 |
The World of Amar Chitra Katha | 76 |
Domestic Virtue and National | 107 |
Introduction by Susan S Wadley | 137 |
Religious Music in India | 167 |
Introduction by Susan S Wadley | 189 |
A Video Epic in Cultural Context | 217 |
Swadhyaya and Sacred Tapes | 254 |
Contributors | 285 |
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