Rajagopal, Arvind.

Politics after television : religious nationalism and the reshaping of the Indian public / Arvind Rajagopal. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2001. - viii, 393 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-389) and index.

Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Acknowledgmentspage vii
Introductionpage 1
1 Hindu nationalism and the cultural forms of Indian politicspage 30
2 Prime time religionpage 72
3 The communicating thing and its publicpage 121
4 A "split public" in the making and unmaking of the Ram Janmabhumi movementpage 151
5 Organization, performance, and symbolpage 212
6 Hindutva goes globalpage 237
Conclusionpage 271
Appendix: Background to the Babri Masjid disputepage 284
Notespage 292
Select bibliographypage 372
Indexpage 390

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Television in politics--India.
Elections--India.
Mass media--Political aspects--India.
Nationalism--Religious aspects.
Nationalism--India.
Immigrants--United States.

HE8700.76.I4 / R34 2001

306.20954 RAJ