Women and TV culture in Pakistan : gender, Islam and national identity /: gender, Islam and national identity. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Women and television culture in Pakistan
• Further Information: Note: Munira Cheema.
• Authors: Cheema, Munira
• Contents: Cover; Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Amidst Culture, Islamisation and Politics: The Rise of New TV Culture; Between Politics and Privatisation: Evolution of Television Culture in Pakistan; What Defines the Public/Private Distinction in Pakistani Society?; Sketching Gendered Citizenship in Pakistan; Scope of the Study; Theoretical Framework; Methodology; Overview of the Chapters; 2. Breach in the Culture of Shame: Openness in Gender-Based Content; Recalling PTV; Losing Modesty/Abandoning the Dupatta Openness in Content: Consequences for Home and LoungeGlorifying or Highlighting Taboos: Is Openness about Vulgarising Gendered Content?; 3. Understanding the Dynamics of the Production of Gendered Content; Recalling PTV: Producers' Perspectives; Perceptions of the Producers about their Viewers; Selling Crime, Misery and Rape: The Ratings Paranoia in Gendered Content; Producing Gendered Content and Social Responsibility; 4. Empowering Women or Bringing Change through Drama Serials: Producers' Perspectives; Content Heads and Producers on Bringing Change/Emancipating Women through Drama Serial Showing Reality, Bringing Change: In Conversation with Drama Writers5. Interactive TV: Is Empowering Women and Bringing Change on Producers' Agendas?; Finding a Feminist Public Sphere in Interactive TV; Highlighting Gendered Crimes: The Case of Breakfast Shows; Producers of Crime Shows: Is Empowering/Bringing Change on Producers' Agenda?; Producers of Gender Issue-Based Talk Shows: Is Empowering/Bringing Change on Producers' Agenda?; 6. Women Empowered or Disciplined through Gendered Content: The Case of Drama Serials; Home and Relationships at the Heart of Drama Serials AWoman's Vulnerability in Marriage: Highlighting Halala in Drama SeriesConsuming Drama Series and Changing Reality; Engaging with Roag: An Emancipatory Project; 7. Interactive TV: Viewers Empowered or Disciplined; Viewers' Patterns of Engagement with Breakfast Shows; Viewers' Engagement Patterns with Religion-Based Talk Shows; AWindow to the Real World: Viewers' Engagement Patterns with Crime Shows; Conclusion; Revisiting the Attributes (Subjectivity and Performance) of the Public; Revisiting the Concept of Popular Culture and Cultural Citizenship; Revisiting the Concept of the Public Sphere Revisiting Methodology: Lessons LearntThe Project of Emancipation for Pakistani Women; Appendix 1 Focus Groups; Introductory questions (female viewers); Questions about transitions in the media; Drama series; Questions related to Begum Nawazish Ali; Gender-based talk shows; Breakfast shows (Case study: Morning with Maya); Ending questions; Appendix 2 Interviews; General questions to all the producers; Specific questions to the producers of drama series; Questions for the producers of interactive formats; Questions for producers of gender-based talk shows; Appendix 3 Case Studies; Drama series
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages)
• Subjects: 791.456522095491; Women on television -- History -- 21st century; Television and women -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 21st century; Women on television; Television and women; PERFORMING ARTS / Reference; Pakistan; History; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781838609900; 1838609903
• Related ISBNs: 1788311779; 9781788311779
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-222).; Note: Print version record.
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