From: Amardeep Singh <as1-AT-acpub.duke.edu>
Subject: Journal Announcement 
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:38:01 -0400


Announcing the Release of 

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Polygraph 12: World Religions and Media Culture
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This issue of _Polygraph_ examines religious discourse 
in the mass-media in a wide array of contexts, including 
the USA, India, the Middle East, Tibet, and Africa. 
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Table of Contents 

Literacy in the Eye of the Conversion Storm
GAURI VISWANATHAN

'Till I Blister and Roast...': Rethinking the Discourses of Religious 
Extremism in India
DEEPA REDDY

'Watch!' The Meanings of Christian Anti-Liberalism
JASON BIVINS

_The Ten Commandments_ and _The Prince of Egypt_: Biblical 
Adaptation and Global Politics in the 1990s
ERICA SHEEN

Spectacles of Difference: Buddhism, Media Management, and 
Contemporary Tibet Activism
MEG MCLAGAN 

The Christian Broadcast Network & Worldreach
M. SCOTT RUBENBERG

Rethinking the Public Sphere: The Ganapati Festival and Media 
Competitions in Mumbai
RAMINDER KAUR 

The Efficacious Image: Pictures and Power in Indian Mass Culture
KAJRI JAIN

*Reviews* 
Samir Amin's _Spectres of Capitalism_
Gauri Viswanathan's _Outside the Fold_
Bart Moore-Gilbert's _Postcolonial Theory_
Leela Gandhi's _Postcolonial Theory_
Ania Loomba's _Colonialism/Postcolonialism_

Issue Editor: Amardeep Singh

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A full preface and excerpts from the essays can be found at our website:
http://www.duke.edu/literature/pgf.html

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Ordering and subscription:

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For *subscription* information and information on back issues, visit 
our website: http://www.duke.edu/literature/pgf.html

Back issues still available:

_Polygraph 11: Margins of Global Culture_  (Larry Grossberg, George 
Yudice, Grant Farred, Rey Chow, Coco Fusco)

_Polygraph 10: Legislating Culture_ (Antonio Negri, Pierre Bourdieu, 
Florencia E. Mallon, Brian Massumi)

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