Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda has studied at the University of Hyderabad and Columbia University. She has Masters' degrees in English and Anthropology and a PhD in Socio-cultural Anthropology. Her recent publications include Vegetarians Only: Stories of Telugu Muslims (Orient Blackswan, 2016) which is a translation of stories by the Telugu writer Skybaaba. She edited this book along with Dr. A. Suneetha. She is also a co-author of the book, Towards a World of Equals: A Bilingual Textbook on Gender. (Hyderabad: Telugu Akademi, 2015) Her academic articles and reviews have appeared in Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies, Critical Quarterly and Contributions to Indian Sociology. She has been teaching in EFL University, Hyderabad since 2006 and has taught courses on cultural theory, feminist and gender studies, religion and secularism.
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* Introduction: Cinema and Religion-New Genres, New Publics, and New Subjectivities * Part I: History and Politics of Telugu Mythological and Devotional Films * 1. From Representing Gods to Representing the Telugu People: NTR, Mythologicals, and Populism * 2. Exemplary Saints and Citizens: Negotiating History and Religious Difference in the Saint Film * 3. The Good Wife and the Goddess: Scripting Roles for the Female Citizen through Devotional Films * Part II: Anthropology of Film-Making and Viewing * 4. Embodied Engagements: Viewership Practices and the Habitus of Telugu Cinema * 5. Performing Dieties and Devotees: Debating Film-Making Practices * Conclusion * Producing the "Reality" of Religion: New Ecologies of Media * Filmography * Bibliography * Index * About the Author
* Introduction: Cinema and Religion-New Genres, New Publics, and New Subjectivities * Part I: History and Politics of Telugu Mythological and Devotional Films * 1. From Representing Gods to Representing the Telugu People: NTR, Mythologicals, and Populism * 2. Exemplary Saints and Citizens: Negotiating History and Religious Difference in the Saint Film * 3. The Good Wife and the Goddess: Scripting Roles for the Female Citizen through Devotional Films * Part II: Anthropology of Film-Making and Viewing * 4. Embodied Engagements: Viewership Practices and the Habitus of Telugu Cinema * 5. Performing Dieties and Devotees: Debating Film-Making Practices * Conclusion * Producing the "Reality" of Religion: New Ecologies of Media * Filmography * Bibliography * Index * About the Author
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