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.
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Blasphemy--South Asia.
Sacrilege--South Asia.
Blasphemy--Law and legislation--South Asia.
Sacrilege--Law and legislation--South Asia.