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Format: 1 online resource (400 p.) : , 38 illustrations (incl. 3 frontispieces)

ISBN: 9780822394242

Content: A widely disseminated photograph of Phoolan Devi, India’s famous bandit queen, surrendering to police forces in 1983 became an emotional touchstone for Indians who saw the outlaw as a lower-caste folk hero. That affective response was reignited in 1994 with the release of a feature film based on Phoolan Devi’s life. Despite charges of murder, arson, and looting pending against her, the bandit queen was elected to India’s parliament in 1996. Bishnupriya Ghosh considers Phoolan Devi, as well as Mother Teresa and Arundhati Roy, the prize winning author turned environmental activist, to be global icons: highly visible public figures capable of galvanizing intense affect and sometimes even catalyzing social change. Ghosh develops a materialist theory of global iconicity, taking into account the emotional and sensory responses that these iconic figures elicit, the globalized mass media through which their images and life stories travel, and the multiple modernities within which they are interpreted. The collective aspirations embodied in figures such as Barack Obama, Eva Perón, and Princess Diana show that Ghosh’s theory applies not just in South Asia but around the world.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Illustrations -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: Icon Matters -- , 1. Moving Technologies -- , 2. Corporeal Apertures -- , 3. Media Frictions -- , 4. Public Image Ltd. -- , 5. Those Lives Less Ordinary -- , 6. Volatile Icons -- , 7. In the Name of the Popular -- , 8. Becoming Social -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780822394242

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822394242

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822394242

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 383 Seiten) : , Illustrationen.

ISBN: 978-0-8223-9424-2

Note: Bevorzugte Informationsquelle Landingpage (Duke University Press), da weder Titelblatt noch Impressum vorhanden

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-8223-5004-0

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-0-8223-5016-3

Language: English

Keywords: Massenkultur ; Star ; 1957-2001 Phoolan Devi ; Mother, Heilige 1910-1997 Teresa ; 1961- Roy, Arundhati ; Starkult

DOI: 10.1215/9780822394242

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Format: 1 online resource (400 p.)

ISBN: 1-283-27332-2 , 9786613273321 , 0-8223-9424-3

Series Statement: e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Content: Global Icons considers how highly visible public figures such as Mother Theresa become global icons capable of galvanizing intense affect and sometimes even catalyzing social change.

Note: Description based on print version record , Introduction : icon matters -- Moving technologies -- Corporeal apertures -- Media frictions -- Public Image Ltd -- Those lives less ordinary -- Volatile icons -- In the name of the popular -- Becoming social. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8223-5016-5

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8223-5004-1

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780822394242

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (400 p.)

ISBN: 1-283-27332-2 , 9786613273321 , 0-8223-9424-3

Series Statement: e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Content: Global Icons considers how highly visible public figures such as Mother Theresa become global icons capable of galvanizing intense affect and sometimes even catalyzing social change.

Note: Description based on print version record , Introduction : icon matters -- Moving technologies -- Corporeal apertures -- Media frictions -- Public Image Ltd -- Those lives less ordinary -- Volatile icons -- In the name of the popular -- Becoming social. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8223-5016-5

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8223-5004-1

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780822394242