Outrage : the rise of religious offence in contemporary South Asia /: the rise of religious offence in contemporary South Asia. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paul Rollier, Kathinka Frøystad, Arild Engelsen Ruud.
• Editors: Rollier, Paul; Frøystad, Kathinka, 1966-; Ruud, Arild Engelsen
• Contents: 1. Introduction: researching the rise of religious offencein South Asia Paul Rollier, Kathinka Frøystad, Arild Engelsen Ruud 2. ‘We’re all blasphemers’: the life of religious offencein Pakistan Paul Rollier 3. The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar Iselin Frydenlund 4. Religious outrage as spectacle: thesuccessful protests against a blasphemous minister Arild Engelsen Ruud 5. Affectivedigital images: Shiva in the Kaaba and the smartphone revolution Kathinka Frøystad 6. ‘Durga did not kill Mahishasur’: Hindus, Adivasis, andHindutva Moumita Sen 7. The languages of truth: Saints, judges and the fraudulentin a Pakistani court Asad Ali Ahmed 8. Blasphemy and the appropriation of vigilante justice in‘hagiohistoric’ writing in Pakistan. Jürgen Schaflechner 9. Afterword: on the efficacy of ‘blasphemy’ Ute Hüsken
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : UCL Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 364.1880954; Offenses against religion -- South Asia; Offenses against religion -- Political aspects -- South Asia; Religion and politics -- South Asia; South Asia -- Religion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787355309; 9781787355316
• Related ISBNs: 9781787355293; 9781787355286
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