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Summary:

Outrage: The Rise of Political Offence in Contemporary South Asia analyses the sharp rise in blasphemy accusations in South Asia.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Researching the rise of religious offence in South Asia; 2. 'We're all blasphemers': The life of religious offence in Pakistan; 3. The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar; 4. Religious outrage as spectacle: The successful protests against a 'blasphemous' minister; 5. Affective digital images: Shiva in the Kaaba and the smartphone revolution; 6. 'Durga did not kill Mahishasur': Hindus, Adivasis and Hindutva; 7. The languages of truth: Saints, judges and the fraudulent in a Pakistani court8. Blasphemy and the appropriation of vigilante justice in 'hagiohistoric' writing in Pakistan; 9. Afterword: On the efficacy of 'blasphemy'

Contributors:

Rollier, Paul , editor

Frøystad, Kathinka, 1966- , editor

Ruud, Arild Engelsen , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: OUTRAGE ([Place of publication not identified] : UCL PRESS, 2019 — ISBN 1787355292; OCLC Number 1102066103)

Subjects:

Blasphemy — South Asia

Sacrilege — South Asia

Blasphemy — Law and legislation — South Asia

Sacrilege — Law and legislation — South Asia

Blasphemy

Sacrilege

Blasphemy — Law and legislation

Sacrilege — Law and legislation

South Asia

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2019).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

BL65.B54 O987 2019eb

ISBNs:

9781787355279 (electronic book)
1787355276 (electronic book)
9781787355309 (electronic book)
1787355306 (electronic book)
9781787355316 (electronic book)
1787355314 (electronic book)
1787355292 [Invalid]
9781787355293 [Invalid]
9781787355286 (pbk.) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1122566125