Televising Religion in India: An Anthropological Reading

by Manoj Kumar Das

Book Overview

This book explores how religion manifests itself in television. It focuses on how religious traditions, practices, and discourses have been incorporated into non-religious television programmes and how they bring both the community and the media into the fold of religion.

The volume traces the cultural and institutional history of television in the state of Sikkim, India, to investigate how it became part of the cultural life of the communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367757532
• ISBN13: 9780367757533
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 18 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"