Vamsee Juluri

Vamsee Juluri is a Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco.[1]

Vamsee Juluri
OccupationProfessor of Media Studies, University of San Francisco
Academic background
EducationPhD in Communication
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts
Academic work
DisciplineMedia Studies and Communication

He studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and received a PhD in 1999. He has written for several publications including Times of India,[2] Huffington Post[3] and The Indian Express.[4] His research interest is in the globalization of media audiences with an emphasis on Indian television and cinema,[5] mythology, religion,[6] violence and Gandhian philosophy. He has published several papers and essays analyzing recurring themes in Bollywood, such as tradition[7] and violence.[8]

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).[9][10]

Books

Essays
  • Becoming a Global Audience: Longing and Belonging in Indian Music Television, New York : Peter Lang, 2003, 155 p.
  • Bollywood Nation: India Through Its Cinema, New Delhi : Penguin Books India, 2013, 211 p.
  • Rearming Hinduism: Nature, Hinduphobia, and the Return of Indian Intelligence, Chennai : Westland ltd, 2015, 229 p.
  • 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.
  • Saraswati's Intelligence (The Kishkindha Chronicles, #1), Chennai : Westland Ltd., 2016, 327 p.
  • The Firekeepers of Jwalapuram (The Kishkindha Chronicles, #2), Kindle Edition, 2020, 328 p.

References
  1. Chin, Steven (2015-06-29). "Vamsee Juluri". University of San Francisco. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. "Vamsee Juluri Blog - Times of India Blog". Times of India Blog. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  3. "Vamsee Juluri | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  4. "Vamsee Juluri". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  5. Beaster-Jones, Jayson (2014-11-07), "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
  6. 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.
  7. Kim, Youna (2008-06-30). Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia. Routledge. ISBN 9781135896430.
  8. Kavoori, Anandam P.; Punathambekar, Aswin (2008). Global Bollywood. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814747995.
  9. "Hyderabad man Vamsee Juluri saves 'India' in the US". Deccan Chronicle. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  10. "California Textbooks: 'Editing out India is bizarre! We must fight back because this concerns all Indians, not just Hindus' - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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