Gandhi, advocacy journalism, and the media / edited by David W. Bulla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bulla, David W., 1959- editor.

Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

Series:

Hampton Press communication series. Mass communications and journalism ; v. 29.

Mass communication and journalism ; vol. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--India--Biography.

Journalists.

Journalism--Social aspects--India.

Journalism.

Journalism--Political aspects--India.

Journalism--Social aspects--South Africa.

Journalism--Political aspects--South Africa.

Human rights in mass media.

Communication in politics.

Journalism--Political aspects.

Political and social views.

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.

Gandhi.

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Political and social views.

India.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2022]

Summary:

"This book documents the journalistic career of Mohandas K. Gandhi. Known as the Mahatma and the Father of India, Gandhi was also a journalist. However, he was not the kind of journalist one would think of when we think of someone who works for the New York Times or the BBC. Rather, Gandhi was what is called an advocacy journalist; that is, his journalism served various political, social, and cultural causes-most importantly, in the long run, the Indian independence movement. Among the other key causes were equality, human rights, Muslim-Hindu relations, vegetarianism, chastity, poverty, and hygiene. This chapters in this book were written by authors who attended a conference on Gandhi and media at the University of St. Andrews on the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birthday, in October 2019. It relies on careful analysis of his newspapers, produced in both South Africa and India, including Indian Opinion, Young India, the Gujarati newspaper Navijan, three versions of Harijan, which were in English, Gujarati, and Hindi. The authors also place Gandhi's version of journalism in a historical context of small, family-operated weekly newspapers that were commonplace in the nineteenth century. Finally, the book looks at other media tools Gandhi used to transmit his messages to the public, including his recorded voice for gramophone"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Section I Causes

1. Origins of Gandhi's Advocacy Journalism / David W. Bulla

2. Gandhi Versus Gandhi: A Comparative Study of His English and Vernacular Newspapers / Parmeet Kajal

3. Closing the Circle: Gandhi in Bihar, 1947 / Anjana Sharma

4. Gandhi, Swaraj, and Press Freedom / David W. Bulla

5. A Sanitarian in a World of Modern Medicine: Gandhi's Health Bulletins in Indian Opinion, 1903

1914 / Sanjiv Kakar

Section II Religion

6. Mahatma, Bapu, Naked Fakir: Gandhi through the Lens of the Muslim Press before and after Independence, 1920

1960 / Farwa Imam Ali

7. Satyagraha Journalism

-New York Style: Gandhi's Influence on Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker / Norma Fay Green

8. Gandhi and "The Jews": An Article that Changed the Mahatma's Image for the Jews / Satrajit Ghosh Chowdhurt

9. Gandhi's Prayer Meetings and Partition / Gopa Sabharwal

Section III Image

10. Gandhi, Gramophone, and God: Story of an Uncomfortable Union / Dipannita Dutta

11. Gandhi's Mediated Image: Portrayed as Saint, Bigot, Pervert, a Flawed Human, Victim of British Conspiracy, and Ultimately a Man of His Own Time / James Buie

12. Visual Advocacy, the Gandhi Icon, and the Shaping of Contemporary India / Christel R. Devadawson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Bulla, David W., 1959- Gandhi, advocacy journalism, and the media.

ISBN:

9781433182419

1433182416

OCLC:

1314330539

Publisher Number:

99992321511