This book gathers a selection of essays on the multifaceted aspects of cyber culture in India, both online and offline. It presents an in-depth analysis of cyberspace and its components, while also exploring its lived reality. The respective contributions highlight theoretical perspectives that address questions of relationality regarding all aspects of cyber culture in India, from the physical to the virtual. Bearing in mind India’s vast cultural diversity, which is shaped by different levels of political, social, and economic development, the book offers nuanced studies that analyze the complexities of cyberspace and digital culture in India. The book appeals to all readers interested in technology, cultural studies, online communication networks, feminism, virtual diasporas, and sociology.
Tabla de materias
Chapter 1 Finless Fishes in the Cyberian Sea (Satadru Chatterjee).- Chapter 2 Surveillance as Norm (Joshil K. Abraham).- Chapter 3 Cyberspace and the Illusions of Ultra-Democracy (Prashant Gupta).- Chapter 4 Digital Feminist Interventions (Sapna Dudeja).- Chapter 5 New Media, Identity and Minorities (Mohammad Reyaz).- Chapter 6 Cyberspace and the Aesthetics of Contemporary Perception (Sunil Grover).- Chapter 7 Virtual Slaves, Real Profits (Prayag Ray).- Chapter 8 ‘Moving’ Poetry (Shweta Khilnani).
Sobre el autor
Simi Malhotra is a Director, Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, and Professor at the Department of English, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi. Her research interests include contemporary literary and cultural theory, culture studies and Indian philosophies and aesthetic practices. Among other awards and honors, she was the recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Award. She has a cumulative experience of more than 20 years of teaching and research guidance at Ph.D., M.Phil., postgraduate and undergraduate levels. She has to her credit a total of 70 publications, including 5 books and edited volumes, 53 articles and 12 book reviews. She has participated in a host of conferences, seminars, workshops, symposia and panel discussions.
Sakshi Dogra is an Assistant Professor and teaches English literature and language at Gargi College (University of Delhi). She is invested in the study of youth cultures, popular fiction, cultural studies, affect studies, and theories of self and subjectivity, and most of her publications and paper presentations are in the same area.
Kanika Sharma is an Assistant Professor and teaches English Literature in the Department of English at Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women, University of Delhi. Her research publications and paper presentations are largely in the areas of memory studies, cultural studies, film studies, collective memory, digital humanities, and New media studies. She is closely associated with CATA (Centre for Academic Translation and Archiving) and CSVMT (Centre for Studies in Violence, Memory, and Trauma), University of Delhi.
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