Muslims and media images : news versus views

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    • Fārūqī, At̤har

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Muslims and media images : news versus views

edited by Ather Farouqui

Oxford University Press, 2009

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Summary: With reference to India

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

How does the media view Muslims, especially after 9/11? How far is the goal of pan-Islamism a part of popular Muslim consciousness? What are Indian Muslims doing to change distorted media images of themselves? The volume raises such questions and investigates the world of Muslims by focusing on issues like media representation, identity politics, and their relationships with civil society. With contributions from a range of media persons, scholars, and activists, it addresses these concerns from a multitude of perspectives. While examining Hindi, Urdu, and vernacular press, the essays also look into Hindi and regional language films from an analytical and gender-centric point of view. The essays further discuss the challenges and stereotypes the community is confronted with, particularly in the post 9/11 period. They underline the reasons behind increasing militancy and aggression. The volume also explores the contradictions within Muslim society as well as the tensions between Muslims and other cultures and communities.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I English Media: Image and Depiction 1. Muslims and Media Images: Where Things went Wrong (Vinod Mehta)
  • 2. Muslim and the Press: Some Reflections (Rajni Kothari)
  • 3. Muslims and the Indian Press (Kuldip Nayar)
  • 4. Muslims and the Indian Press (Mrinal Pande)
  • 5. The Politics of Stereotyping Western Images of Islam (H.V. Brasted)
  • 6. The Print Media and Minority Images (Chandan Mitra)
  • 7. Minority Images and the Indian Print Media (SiddharthVaradarajan)
  • Part II Transcending Boundaries
  • 8. Muslims and World Forum (K.M.A. Munim)
  • 9. Of Fish and Beef, the New Recipe of the Muslim Identity: A Journey through the Cultural Prism of West Bengal (Sabyasachi Ghosh)
  • 10. Issues of Goan Muslims as seen in the Goan Press (Charles J. Borges, S.J.)
  • 11.The Ayodhya Controversy in Czech Press of the 1990s (Dagmar Markova)
  • 12. Islam and the West: Ominous Misunderstandings (Susan B Maitra)
  • Part III Muslim Journalism: A Phenomenal Dichotomy
  • 13. Indian-Language Newspapers Urdu: Waiting for Citizen Kane? (Robin Jeffrey)
  • 14. Urdu Press in India: With Special Reference to Periodicals (Ather Farouqui)
  • 15. Muslims and the Press (Wahiduddin Khan)
  • 16. Is Urdu Journalism in India a Lost Battle? (Arshad Amanullah)
  • Part IV Popular Images and the Storyof Stereotypes
  • 17. A Case of Bollywood Films with Special Reference of Urdu Politics and Muslim Minority (Moinuddin Jinabade)
  • 18. Indian Muslims and Indian Films: Some Observations of Contemporary Indian Art Cinema (John W. Hood)
  • Appendix I Medium is the Image (Vinod Mehta)
  • Appendix II Who's theReal Muslim? (Ather Farouqui)
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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