Seeing South Asia: Visuals Beyond Borders - Paperback

by Dev Nath Pathak (Editor), Biswajit Das (Editor), Ratan Kumar Roy (Editor)

This book critically examines the cultural politics of visuals in South Asia. It discusses themes such as the vernacular visual and ways of seeing; photography and anthropology; refugee representation; and television news practices to explore modernity and tradition, fluidity and hybridity, and political economic and performative politics.

Author Biography

Dev Nath Pathak is a founding faculty member of sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi, India.

Biswajit Das is Professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

Ratan Kumar Roy was Research Fellow at the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India and is currently Coordinator of International Research Center, SIMEC Institute of Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.