Outrage : the rise of religious offence in contemporary South Asia /
edited by Paul Rollier, Kathinka Frøystad and Arild Engelsen Ruud.
- 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages).
This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: researching the rise of religious offence in South Asia -- ‘We’re all blasphemers’: the life of religious offence in Pakistan -- The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar -- Religious outrage as spectacle: the successful protests against a blasphemous minister -- Affective digital images: Shiva in the Kaaba and the smartphone revolution -- ‘Durga did not kill Mahishasur’: Hindus, Adivasis, and Hindutva -- The languages of truth: saints, judges and the fraudulent in a Pakistani court -- Blasphemy and the appropriation of vigilante justice in ‘hagiohistoric’ writing in Pakistan -- Afterword: on the efficacy of ‘blasphemy’.
Electronic reproduction. London : UCL Press, 2019. Available in PDF format. Description based on contents viewed 15 October 2019.