Television and the Afghan Culture Wars
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Television and the Afghan Culture Wars

Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists

Wazhmah Osman

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Television and the Afghan Culture Wars

Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists

Wazhmah Osman

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About This Book

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.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780252052439
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1. Legitimizing Modernization: Indigenous Modernities, Foreign Incursions, and Their Backlashes
  8. Chapter 2. Imperialism, Globalization, and Development: Overlaps and Disjunctures
  9. Chapter 3. Afghan Television Production: A Distinctive Political Economy
  10. Chapter 4. Producers and Production: The Development Gaze and the Imperial Gaze
  11. Chapter 5. Reaching Vulnerable and Dangerous Populations: Women and the Pashtuns
  12. Chapter 6. Reception and Audiences: The Demands and Desires of Afghan People
  13. Conclusion: The Future of Afghan Media, the Future of Afghanistan
  14. Appendix A. Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan according to Source
  15. Appendix B. Television Stations and Affiliations in Afghanistan
  16. Appendix C. Media Funders
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index
  20. Back Cover
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APA 6 Citation

Osman, W. (2020). Television and the Afghan Culture Wars ([edition missing]). University of Illinois Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2382610/television-and-the-afghan-culture-wars-pdf (Original work published 2020)

Chicago Citation

Osman, Wazhmah. (2020) 2020. Television and the Afghan Culture Wars. [Edition missing]. University of Illinois Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/2382610/television-and-the-afghan-culture-wars-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Osman, W. (2020) Television and the Afghan Culture Wars. [edition missing]. University of Illinois Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2382610/television-and-the-afghan-culture-wars-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

MLA 7 Citation

Osman, Wazhmah. Television and the Afghan Culture Wars. [edition missing]. University of Illinois Press, 2020. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.