Description
| Product ID: | 9780252085451 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Geopolitics of Information |
| Title: | Television and the Afghan Culture Wars |
| Subtitle: | Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists |
| Authors: | Author: Wazhmah Osman |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Television, Television, Asian history, Society and culture: general, Media studies, Asian history, Society & culture: general, Media studies, Central Asia |
| Description: | Portrayed in Western discourse as tribal and traditional, Afghans have in fact intensely debated women's rights, democracy, modernity, and Islam as part of their nation building in the post-9/11 era. Wazhmah Osman places television at the heart of these public and politically charged clashes while revealing how the medium also provides war-weary Afghans with a semblance of open discussion and healing. After four decades of gender and sectarian violence, she argues, the internationally funded media sector has the potential to bring about justice, national integration, and peace. Fieldwork from across Afghanistan allowed Osman to record the voices of many Afghan media producers and people. Afghans offer their own seldom-heard views on the country's cultural progress and belief systems, their understandings of themselves, and the role of international interventions. Osman analyzes the impact of transnational media and foreign funding while keeping the focus on local cultural contestations, productions, and social movements. As a result, she redirects the global dialogue about Afghanistan to Afghans and challenges top-down narratives of humanitarian development. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-11-11 |
