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Communication, culture and confrontation / edited by Bernard Bel ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Communication processes ; 3.
- Communication processes ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication and culture--India.
- Communication and culture.
- Communication--Social aspects--India.
- Communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 474 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume engages in understanding processes of communication in relation to cultural configurations and contending forces that permeate them. The book is positioned at the interface of culture and communication, exploring ways in which interaction negotiations and even conflicts are voiced.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Introduction; Part 1: Conflicting Stakes; 1 - From the Popular to the People; 2 - Interventionist Tendencies in Popular Culture; 3 - The Indian Legal System: A Unique Combination of Traditions, Practices and Modern Values; Part 2: Power of Orality; 4 - The Donkey: A Mirror of Self-identification; 5 - Memory and Social Protest; 6 - Say it in Singing! Prosodic Patterns and Rhetorics in the Performance of Grindmill Songs; 7 - Grindmill Songs: A Reference of Autonomous Self-insight; 8 - From Grindmill Songs to Cultural Action
- 9 - A Reactivated Performance CapacityPart 3: Contours of Creativity; 10 - Folk Arts and Folk Artists: Myths and Realities; 11 - Resisting Colonial Modernity: Premchand's Rangabhoomi; 12 - Street Theatre in Maharashtra; 13 - Action Theatre in Belgium; Part 4: Contestations in Public Spaces; 14 - Ephemera, Communication and the Quest for Power: Hindutva in Uttar Pradesh; 15 - The Ritual Management of Desire in Indian Bazaar Art; 16 - On the Way to Pandhari; 17 - The Famous Invincible Darkies; Epilogue; About the Editors and Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612503245
- 9789352801770
- 9352801776
- 9781282503243
- 1282503243
- 9788132104865
- 8132104862
- OCLC:
- 609425490
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