{"product_id":"gandhi-advocacy-journalism-and-the-media-9781433182419","title":"Gandhi Advocacy Journalism and the Media","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book documents the journalistic career of Mohandas K. Gandhi. Known as the Mahatma and the Father of India, Gandhi was also a journalist. However, he was a not a journalist in the same vein as those working for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e or the BBC. Rather, Gandhi was what is called an advocacy journalist; that is, his journalism served various political, social, and cultural causesmost importantly, in the long run, the Indian independence movement. Among the other key causes were equality, human rights, Muslim-Hindu relations, vegetarianism, chastity, poverty, and hygiene. The chapters in this book were written by authors who attended a conference on Gandhi and media at the University of St. Andrews on the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birthday, in October 2019. It relies on careful analysis of his newspapers, produced in both South Africa and India, including \u003ci\u003eIndian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOpinion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYoung India\u003c\/i\u003e, the Gujarati newspaper \u003ci\u003eNavajivan\u003c\/i\u003e, and three versions of \u003ci\u003eH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Rajmohan Gandhi – David W. Bulla: Introduction – David W. Bulla: Origins of Gandhi’s Advocacy Journalism – Parmeet Kajal: Gandhi Versus Gandhi: A Comparative Study of His English and Vernacular Newspapers – Anjana Sharma: Closing the Circle: Gandhi in Bihar, 1947 – David W. Bulla: Gandhi, Swaraj, and Press Freedom – Sanjiv Kakar: A Sanitarian in a World of Modern Medicine: Gandhi’s Health Bulletins in \u003cem\u003eIndian Opinion\u003c\/em\u003e, 1903–1914 – Farwa Imam Ali: Mahatma, Bapu, Naked Fakir: Gandhi through the Lens of the Muslim Press before and after Independence, 1920–1960 – Norma Fay Green: \u003cem\u003eSatyagraha\u003c\/em\u003e Journalism—New York Style: Gandhi’s Influence on Dorothy Day and \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Worker \u003c\/em\u003e– Satrajit Ghosh Chowdhury: Gandhi and “The Jews”: An Article that Changed the Mahatma’s Image for the Jews – Gopa Sabharwal: Gandhi’s Prayer Meetings and Partition – Dipannita Dutta: Gandhi, Gramophone, and God: Story of an Uncomfortable Union – James Buie: Gandhi’s Mediated Image: Portrayed as Saint, Bigot, Pervert, a Flawed Human, Victim of British Conspiracy, and Ultimately a Man of His Own Time – Christel R. Devadawson: Visual Advocacy, the Gandhi Icon, and the Shaping of Contemporary India – Bibliography – Contributors – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039676760407,"sku":"9781433182419","price":57.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433182419.jpg?v=1750944455","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gandhi-advocacy-journalism-and-the-media-9781433182419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}