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Politics after television : religious nationalism and the reshaping of the Indian public

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780511051401
ISBN: 0511051409
ISBN: 9780511328961
ISBN: 0511328966
ISBN: 6610432392
ISBN: 9786610432394
ISBN: 0511489056
ISBN: 9780511489051
ISBN: 0521640539
ISBN: 9780521640534
ISBN: 9780511155956
ISBN: 0511155956
ISBN: 9780511040269
ISBN: 0511040261
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 393 pages)
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Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-389) and index.
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.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.