Hear #metoo in India : news, social media, and anti-rape and sexual harassment activism /

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Author / Creator:Guha, Pallavi, author.
Imprint:New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13457526
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ISBN:9781978805743
1978805748
9781978805729
1978805721
9781978805736
197880573X
Summary:This book examines the role media platforms play in anti-rape and sexual harassment activism in India. Including 75 interviews with feminist activists and journalists working across India, it proposes a framework of agenda-building and establishes a theoretical framework to examine media coverage of issues in the digitally emerging Global South.
Other form:Print version: 9781978805729 1978805721 9781978805736 197880573X
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction and Historical Background
  • 2. Framing of Rape in the News Media and Its Impact on Feminist Activism and Journalists: #MeTooIndia Including Themes
  • 3. The Heart Does Not Bleed for Everyone: Selective Outrage and Activism
  • 4. The Successes and Failures of Transnational Hashtag Movements
  • 5. Moving Forward: Learning from Anti-rape Feminist Movements
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author