Gender, Citizenship, and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere: Writing the Everyday

ISBN-13: 9780367777623 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 196 str.

Sumana Kasturi

Opis

This book examines the role of women bloggers in the Indian Blogosphere. It will be useful for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, political studies, gender studies, women’s studies, sociology, diaspora studies, feminist theory, media and communication studies.

Spis treści

Preface and acknowledgements.
1 Introduction: capturing the “breaking wave”.
2 Mapping the Indian blogosphere: blogs as “site” and “text”.
3 New media studies and gendered narratives.
4 Everyday feminisms in cyberspace: blogging about gender.
5 Transcontinental journeys and transnational lives: blogging from the diaspora.
6 Culinary landscapes and gendered domesticity: blogging about food.
7 Conclusion: performing the gendered self.
References. Index.

O autorze

Sumana Kasturi has a Master’s in Media Studies from Pennsylvania State University, USA, and a Master’s and PhD in Communication from the University of Hyderabad, India. She has previously worked in publishing, print media, and, for the last several years, in international higher education. Her interest in new media is long standing, and she has various published works in this field. She is currently working on two writing projects.