Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism Online

ISBN-13: 9780367585822 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 182 str.

Juli L. Gittinger

Opis

This book addresses a gap in the scholarly debate around defining Hinduism by demonstrating the role of online discourses in generating and projecting images of Hindu religion and culture. It surveys a wide range of propaganda, websites and social media in which definitions of Hinduism are debated.

Spis treści

Introduction: "Hinduism is…?"  1 Managing Hinduism in the electronic public sphere  2 Analyzing and reading the Web as text  3 One way conversations: webpages and portals  4 Two way conversations: social media  5 Hindutva and "hate speech" in the electronic public sphere  6 Hindutva vs hashtag feminism  7 The saffron effect: transnationalism and diaspora

O autorze

Juli L. Gittinger is a Lecturer in South Asian Religions and Islam at Georgia College, USA. Her research interests include Hindu nationalism, Islam in pop culture and virtual methodologies. She has written multiple articles on these subjects and has contributed chapters in forthcoming edited volumes.