Censorship in South Asia : Cultural Regulation from Sedition to Seduction - Raminder Kaur

Censorship in South Asia

Cultural Regulation from Sedition to Seduction

By: Raminder Kaur (Editor), William Mazzarella (Editor)

Hardcover | 29 June 2009

At a Glance

Hardcover


$103.95

or 4 interest-free payments of $25.99 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 15 to 25 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

Censorship in South Asia offers an expansive and comparative exploration of cultural regulation in contemporary and colonial South Asia. These provocative essays by leading scholars broaden our understanding of what censorship might mean -- beyond the simple restriction and silencing of public communication -- by considering censorship's productive potential and its intimate relation to its apparent opposite, "publicity." The contributors investigate a wide range of public cultural phenomena, from the cinema to advertising, from street politics to political communication, and from the adjudication of blasphemy to the management of obscenity.

Industry Reviews

[The] compelling volume Censorship in South Asia steps away from the media spectacle and, with great insight and precision, places such contemporary cases of public agitation and regulation in their regional and historical context. To do so, the editors . . . expand the idea of censorship beyond juridical repression exercised in the quiet of the state's backrooms and instead place it within a larger domain of 'cultural regulation'.33.1 2010

* South Asia *

[T]his insightful volume on a neglected topic shows that means and modes of censorship have kept pace with the mediums of communication, on grounds not dissimilar to the justification offered during the Raj.

* Contemporary South Asia *

Censorship in South Asia traces the genealogy of censorship through time to reveal its ever-contested presence in Indian cinema and beyond.November 1, 2009

-- Maria Khan * Feminist Review *

The contributors to this volume investigate a wide range of cultural regulation, from cinema to painting, blasphemy to official secrecy and even advertising to nuclear culture. The essays enlighten readers and provide better understanding of the concept of censorship.

* South Asia Research *

More in Ethical Issues of Censorship

How to Spot a Fascist - Umberto Eco

$6.99

Discriminations : Making Peace in the Culture Wars - A. C. Grayling
Minority Rule : Adventures in the Culture War - Ash Sarkar
Global Journalism : Understanding World Media Systems - Daniela V. Dimitrova
Global Journalism : Understanding World Media Systems - Daniela V. Dimitrova
Knife : Meditations After an Attempted Murder - Salman Rushdie