Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia

Susan Snow Wadley

University of Pennsylvania Press, December 1995

Susan Snow Wadley

Anthropology Department

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Religion

South Asia

University of Pennsylvania Press

This volume explores the effects of the religious transformation taking place in India as sacred symbols assume the shapes of media images. Lifted from their traditional forms and contexts, many religious symbols, beliefs, and practices are increasingly refracted through such media as god posters, comic books, audio recordings, and video programs. The ten original essays here examine the impact on India's traditional social and cultural structures of printed images, audio recordings, film, and video.