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Gandhi Meets Primetime: Globalization and Nationalism in Indian Television
Shanti Kumar
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Paperback. Examines how cultural imaginations of national identity have been transformed by the rapid growth of satellite and cable television in postcolonial India. This book traces the changing status of the television set as a cultural commodity in postcolonial India, and outlines the role of vernacular media in the discourse of electronic capitalism. Series: Popular Culture and Politics in Asia Pacific. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Shanti Kumar's Gandhi Meets Primetime examines how cultural imaginations of national identity have been transformed by the rapid growth of satellite and cable television in postcolonial India. To evaluate the growing influence of foreign and domestic satellite and cable channels since 1991, the book considers a wide range of materials including contemporary television programming, historical archives, legal documents, policy statements, academic writings and journalistic accounts.
Kumar argues that India's hybrid national identity is manifested in the discourses found in this variety of empirical sources. He deconstructs representations of Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation on the state-sponsored ... Read more
Shanti Kumar's Gandhi Meets Primetime examines how cultural imaginations of national identity have been transformed by the rapid growth of satellite and cable television in postcolonial India. To evaluate the growing influence of foreign and domestic satellite and cable channels since 1991, the book considers a wide range of materials including contemporary television programming, historical archives, legal documents, policy statements, academic writings and journalistic accounts.
Kumar argues that India's hybrid national identity is manifested in the discourses found in this variety of empirical sources. He deconstructs representations of Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation on the state-sponsored ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Popular Culture and Politics in Asia Pacific
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252072444
SKU
V9780252072444
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About Shanti Kumar
Shanti Kumar is an assistant professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and coeditor of Planet TV: A Global Television Reader.
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