Vamsee Juluri

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Vamsee Juluri
Vamsee Juluri.jpg
Juluri in 2018
Born1969 (age 51–52)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationProfessor of Media Studies, University of San Francisco
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineMedia Studies and Communication

Vamsee Juluri (born 1969) is a professor of media studies at the University of San Francisco.[1]

Career[]

Juluri was born in Hyderabad in 1969.[2] His mother was the Telugu film actress Jamuna,[3] and his father was Juluri Ramana Rao, a professor of zoology.[citation needed] Juluri studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and received a PhD in 1999.[citation needed] He has written for several publications including Times of India,[4] Huffington Post,[5] and The Indian Express.[6] His research interest is in the globalization of media audiences with an emphasis on Indian television and cinema,[7] mythology, religion,[8] violence and Gandhian philosophy. He has published several papers and essays analyzing recurring themes in Bollywood, such as tradition[9] and violence.[10]

Juluri was the lead petitioner in the effort by academics of Indian origin against efforts to address the countries of historical British India as "South Asia" in textbooks put forth by the California Board of Education, (California textbook controversy over Hindu history). As a result of his efforts which became a mass movement led to review and dismissal of several changes to the History Social Science Frameworks (Syllabus).[11][12]

Books[]

Essays[]

  • Becoming a Global Audience: Longing and Belonging in Indian Music Television, New York : Peter Lang, 2003, 155 p.[13]
  • Bollywood Nation: India Through Its Cinema, New Delhi : Penguin Books India, 2013, 211 p.[3][14]
  • Rearming Hinduism: Nature, Hinduphobia, and the Return of Indian Intelligence, Chennai : Westland ltd, 2015, 229 p.[15][16][17]
  • Nine Days in Kishkindha: A Memoir about Hanuman, Hampi and My Father, Kindle Edition, 2018, 116 p.
  • Writing Across a Cracked World: Hindu Representation and the Logic of Narrative, Kindle Edition, 2018, 255 p.

Novels[]

  • The Mythologist, New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2010, 271 p.[18][19]
  • Saraswati's Intelligence (The Kishkindha Chronicles, #1), Chennai : Westland Ltd., 2016, 327 p.[20][21]
  • The Firekeepers of Jwalapuram (The Kishkindha Chronicles, #2), Kindle Edition, 2020, 328 p.

References[]

  1. ^ Chin, Steven (June 29, 2015). "Vamsee Juluri". University of San Francisco. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Book Excerpt: Boldly Proclaim Core Hindu Values to Make a Better World". Hinduisum Today. 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Chatterjee, Partha (December 27, 2013). "Books | Cinema Pulse". Frontline. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Vamsee Juluri Blog - Times of India Blog". Times of India Blog. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "Vamsee Juluri". Contributor profiles. Huffington Post. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "Vamsee Juluri". Contributor profiles. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Beaster-Jones, Jayson (November 7, 2014). "Concluding Thoughts on the Art and Commerce of Hindi Film Songs". Bollywood Sounds. Oxford University Press. pp. 167–172. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199993468.003.0008. ISBN 9780199993468.
  8. ^ Frank, David A. (2011). "Obama's Rhetorical Signature: Cosmopolitan Civil Religion in the Presidential Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009". Rhetoric & Public Affairs. 14 (4): 605–630. doi:10.1353/rap.2011.0044. ISSN 1534-5238. S2CID 145578155.
  9. ^ Kim, Youna (June 30, 2008). Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia. Routledge. ISBN 9781135896430.
  10. ^ Kavoori, Anandam P.; Punathambekar, Aswin (2008). Global Bollywood. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814747995. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "Hyderabad man Vamsee Juluri saves 'India' in the US". Deccan Chronicle. May 21, 2016. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  12. ^ Natarajan, Nikhila (March 28, 2016). "California Textbooks: 'Editing out India is bizarre! We must fight back because this concerns all Indians, not just Hindus'". Firstpost. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  13. ^ Fazal, Shehina (May 2004). "Review of Becoming a Global Audience". Particip@tions. 1 (2). Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  14. ^ "Bollywood Nation: It's fluid and packed with information". CNN-News18. October 16, 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  15. ^ De Roover, Jakob (December 2016). "On the road to renaissance? (Review of Rearming Hinduism)". International Journal of Hindu Studies. 20 (3): 373–383. doi:10.1007/s11407-016-9196-3. hdl:1854/LU-7137464. JSTOR 44983863. S2CID 152111915.
  16. ^ "Rearming Hinduism tackles Hinduphobia in academia and media". India Herald. June 2015. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  17. ^ Rastogi, Gaurav (April 2015). "Who is a Hindu, again? (Review of Rearming Hinduism)". India Currents. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  18. ^ Chatterjee, Madhusree (June 21, 2010). "A tale of migrants and myths (review of The Mythologist)". Hindustan Times.
  19. ^ Singh, Jai Arjun (July 31, 2010). "Myth as metaphor (review of The Mythologist)". The Hindu.
  20. ^ Iyer, Saiswaroopa (February 5, 2017). "Saraswati's Intelligence: Vamsee Juluri's new book is an erudite tribute to our civilisation". Firstpost. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  21. ^ Balantrapu, Mihir (February 4, 2017). "A natural balance (review of Saraswati's Intelligence)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
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