Critical Reflections on Religion and Media in Contemporary Bali
Biographical note
Richard Fox, Ph.D. (2002) in Religious Studies and Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies (London), is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago and Universitas Udayana, Indonesia. He studies religion, media and performance in South and Southeast Asia.
Readership
All those interested in the history of religions, anthropology, critical theory and cultural studies, as well as philologists, media specialists, Indonesianists and scholars of Balinese culture and society.
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