The Indian Public Sphere

Readings in Media History
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-806103-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

The reader is part of the prestigious Themes in Politics series, which presents essays on important issues in the study of political science and Indian politics. It examines the role of the media in India's history and development, bringing together a collection of essays on its interplay with politics, society and culture. The book surveys the range of communication media in India and shows how their regulation and use has developed from the pre-independence period to the end of the twentieth century. This innovative and critical selection of essays has been organized thematically; the discussion moves from the public sphere in colonial times to the development era, the rise of the vernacular media, the impact of television and the emergence of newer forms of media like the Internet in the 1990s. The readings cover a range of disciplines, from history to political science and anthropology, and have been written by experts in the field. The reader will be of interest to students and scholars of Indian politics and governance, media and culture studies, sociology as well as the informed lay reader.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rajagopal, Arvind

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medienphilosophie, Medienethik, Medienrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgements, Publisher's Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Preface;

Introduction: The Public Sphere in India: Structure and Transformation (Arvind Rajagopal);

Section I: Formation of a Colonial Public Sphere;

- 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.: Transmission (Ranajit Guha);The Indian Ecumene: An Indigenous Public Sphere (Christopher Bayly);The Politics of Popular Images: From Cow Protection to M.K. Gandhi, 1890-1950 (Christopher Pinney);Obtaining Moral Consensus in a Law and Order Society (Rajeev Dhavan);

Section II: The National PopularRedefining Obscenity and Aesthetics in Print (Charu Gupta);The Hindi Political Sphere (Francesca Orsini);"Woman-Oriented" Narratives and the New Indian Woman (Purnima Mankekar);

- 8.9.10.11.12.: Who is it that is Singing? Shot-Music-Speech (Aniket Jaaware);

Section III: National Developmentalism and the Tensions of a Mediatic Infrastructure;The Mahatma Didn't Like the Movies and Why it Matters: Indian Broadcasting Policy, 1920s-1990s (Robin Jeffrey);Subliminal Charge: How Hindi-Language Newspaper Expansion Affects India (Peter Friedlander, Robin Jeffrey and Sanjay Seth);A Split Public in the Making and the Unmaking of the Ramjanmabhumi Movement (Arvind Rajagopal);Forging Public Opinion: The Press, Television and Electoral Campaigns in Andhra Pradesh (G. Krishna Reddy);

- Section IV: Emergent Orders: Localization, Consumerism, Digital Culture;

Über Autor(innen)

Arvind Rajagopal is associate professor in the Departments of Media, Culture and Communication, Sociology, and Social and Cultural Analysis at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University