Women and TV Culture in Pakistan

Gender, Islam and National Identity

Munira Cheema

• Editore: I.B. Tauris
• Anno: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781838609900
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Scienze sociali
• Categoria: Studi di genere

The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002. The President, General Pervez Musharraf, introduced a policy of liberalisation that enabled controversial issues such as honour killings, adultery, stoning to death, domestic violence, marriage after divorce and homosexuality to be increasingly depicted on screen.
Women and TV Culture in Pakistan is the first in-depth analysis of this change in television content. Munira Cheema focuses on how `gender issues' are dealt with on TV and examines the impact this has on female viewers. In Pakistan, television is often the only way in which women can access the public sphere (except through male guardians) and this book evaluates how TV content allows them to navigate their intersecting identities as Muslims, women and Pakistanis. At a time when religious conservatism is on the rise in the country, this book investigates why producers choose to focus on gender-based issues and the extent to which religion dictates social behaviour and broadcasting choices. Based on interviews with women viewers in Karachi as well as industry professionals including writers, directors and ratings experts, the research is a much-needed and original contribution to global television studies and gender studies.

Indice dei contenuti

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Amidst Culture, Islamisation and Politics: The Rise of New TV Culture
• 2. Breach in the Culture of Shame: Openness in Gender-Based Content
• 3. Understanding the Dynamics of the Production of Gendered Content
• 4. Empowering Women or Bringing Change through Drama Serials: Producers' Perspectives
• 5. Interactive TV: Is Empowering Women and Bringing Change on Producers' Agendas?
• 6. Women Empowered or Disciplined through Gendered Content: The Case of Drama Serials
• 7. Interactive TV: Viewers Empowered or Disciplined
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1 Focus Groups
• Appendix 2 Interviews
• Appendix 3 Case Studies
• Appendix 4 List of Interviewees
• Appendix 5 Brief Survey
• Appendix 6 Focus Groups
• Appendix 7 Transcribing Data
• Notes
• Bibliography