| Description |
1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- A note on transliteration -- Chapter 1: Prologue -- Television and religion: the Siamese twins? -- Modernity, religion, and media -- Approaches in the field -- The first wave: mainstream inquiries -- The second wave: the anthropological turn -- Consolidating the two waves -- Why a book on television today? -- Televising Religion : The book -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Theoretical underpinnings: Rituals, media events, and myths -- Rituals: a core of human activities |
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Rites of passage in media -- Political rituals and media -- The ritual nature of mediated communication -- Media events -- Myths -- Reconciling rituals, media events, and myths: televisual context -- Chapter 3: Television as Public Technology in Sikkim -- Nature-religioscape in Sikkim -- Television finds its natural place -- Television comes to Sikkim! -- Co-opting moving images -- Institutionalizing television -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Idolizing Indian Idol -- Idol and identity -- Rituals, religion, and Indian Idol -- Religious motifs, symbols, and stories in Idol -- Religious motifs |
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Sacrifice and offerings -- Ethics and morality -- Gender bias -- Egalitarianism -- Camaraderie and harmony -- Discrimination -- Myths of tribal innocence and the good mother -- Religion in the ritual event -- Idol as media/ritual event -- Role of journalists and viewers -- Discovery of the sacred centre -- Sacralisation of the Idol -- The Idol and ontological security -- Resistance to Idol -- Rites of passage in Idol -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Ceremonials of electronic wedding -- Bhutan and Sikkim: mapping the connections -- The royal wedding -- Ceremonial rituals in royal occasions |
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Rituals of the ceremony -- Mediation and ritualization -- Explicit religion in the royal wedding -- Religious motifs, symbols, and themes -- Commitment and royal virtues -- Patriarchy and gender fairness -- The rags to riches myth -- Adaptation of religious rituals -- Television: a true egalitarian medium -- The wedding and ontological security -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Rituals of immortality -- The context: Sathya Sai Baba and his following in Sikkim -- Media ritualization of a high-profile death -- The funeral: ritualising the live broadcast -- Portrayal of explicitly religious content |
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Religious motifs, symbols, and stories -- Religion in the media event -- Construction of community -- Journalist: the modern-day priest -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Epilogue: Televisual ceremonials and the rites of passage -- References -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000373974 |
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1000373975 |
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