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.
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.