1st Edition
Gender, Citizenship, and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday
By Sumana Kasturi
Copyright 2020
208 Pages
by
Routledge India
208 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
208 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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This book examines the role of women bloggers in the Indian Blogosphere. It explores how women use new media technologies to create online spaces that share knowledge, raise awareness, and build communities. A unique work at the intersection of digital culture, feminist theory, and diaspora/transnationalism studies, this book brings to light layered and complex issues such as identity, gender... Read more
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.
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.
Biography
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.
