{"product_id":"the-indian-public-sphere-arvind-rajagopal-9780198061038","title":"The Indian Public Sphere: Readings in Media History","description":"Part of the \u003cem\u003eThemes in Politics\u003c\/em\u003e series, this volume examines the emergence of the Indian public sphere and its interplay with politics, society, and culture. It surveys a wide range of communication media contributing to this development--oral, print, radio, television, cinema, and the Internet--through an analysis of the transition from the colonial to the postcolonial period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays in this volume show that mediation is a social process that extends beyond 'the media' and must be understood as a component of historical dynamics. They explore a wide range of historical and political mediations--from the use of the drum and buffalo horn as instruments of peasant insurgency against the British, and early Hindi pulp fiction, to socio-political implications of advertising, Hindu tele-epics, saas-bahu serials and the Internet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIdentifying the continuities and changes in media from an interdisciplinary perspective, the essays are organized into four themes--the formation of a colonial public sphere; the emergence of a national popular domain; transformations in national developmentalism; and emergent orders such as consumerism and digital culture. A comprehensive introduction provides an understanding of Indian media through the analytical framework of the public sphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTopical and illuminating, this volume will appeal to students and scholars of Indian politics and governance, media and culture studies, journalism, history, and sociology, as well as the lay reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arvind Rajagopal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019806103X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198061038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.30d","brand":"Arvind Rajagopal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096615493887,"sku":"9780198061038","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-indian-public-sphere-arvind-rajagopal-9780198061038","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}