Outrage : the rise of religious offence in contemporary South Asia / edited by Paul Rollier, Kathinka Frøystad and Arild Engelsen Ruud - 1 online resource (251 pages) : color illustrations

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’

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Blasphemy -- --South Asia
Sacrilege--South Asia


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