{"product_id":"television-and-the-afghan-culture-wars-9780252085451","title":"Television and the Afghan Culture Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePortrayed 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eICA ACJS Outstanding Book Award, 2021— ICA ACJS Outstanding Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Legitimizing Modernity: Indigenous Modernities, Foreign Incursions, and Their Backlashes\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Imperialism, Globalization, and Development: Overlaps and Disjunctures\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Afghan Television Production: A Distinctive Political Economy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Producers and Production: The Development Gaze and the Imperial Gaze\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Reaching Vulnerable and Dangerous Populations: Women and the Pashtuns\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Reception and Audiences: The Demands and Desires of Afghan People\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Future of Media, the Future of Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Ethnic Groups Table\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Media Funding Sources and Recipients Table\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: TV Stations and Affiliations Table\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400517329239,"sku":"9780252085451","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252085451.jpg?v=1730470874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/television-and-the-afghan-culture-wars-9780252085451","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}