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Book SynopsisThis volume discusses the perception and representation of Muslims in the Indian media with relation to the rise of global Islamic extremism. It examines how the community is coping with media distortions and stereotyping and tries to provide more nuanced analyses of the issue.
Table of ContentsLIST OF TABLE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ATHER FAROUQUI ; I. ENGLISH MEDIA: IMAGE AND DEPICTION ; 1. Muslims and Media Images: Where Things went Wrong Vinod Mehta ; 2. Muslims and the Press: Some Reflections Rajni Kothari ; 3. Muslims and the Indian Press Kuldip Nayar ; 4. Indian Press: The Vernacular and the Mainstream Babel Mrinal Pande ; 5. Contested Representations in Historical Perspective: Images of Islam and Australian Press, 1950-2000 Howard Brasted ; 6. The Print Media and Minority Images Chandan Mitra ; 7. Minority Images in the Indian Print Media Siddharth Varadarajan ; II. TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES ; 8. Muslims and the 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 Sabya Sachi ; 10. Issues of Goan Muslims as Seen in the Goan Press Charles J. Borges ; 11. The Ayodhya Controversy in the Czech Press of the 1990s Dagmar Markova ; 12. Indian Muslims and the Free Press Estelle Dryland ; 13. Islam and the West: Ominous Misunderstandings Susan B. Maitra ; III. MUSLIM JOURNALISM: A PHENOMENAL DICHOTOMY ; 14. Urdu Newspapers in India: Waiting for Citizen Kane? Robin Jeffrey ; 15. Urdu Press in India Ather Farouqui ; 16. Muslims and the Press Wahiduddin Khan ; 17. Is Urdu Journalism in India a Lost Battle? Arshad Amanullah ; IV. POPULAR IMAGES AND THE STORY OF STEREOTYPES ; 18. Bollywood Films with Special Reference to Urdu Politics and Muslims Moinuddin Jinabade ; 19. 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 THE REAL MUSLIM? ATHER FAROUQUI ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ; INDEX
