Digital Diasporas : Labor and Affect in Gendered Indian Digital Publics

282 Pages·2019·1.954 MB·English

by  Radhika Gajjala

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Digital Diasporas
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Digital Diasporas
Labor and Affect in Gendered Indian
Digital Publics
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Gajjala, Radhika. Digital Diasporas : Labor and Affect in Gendered Indian Digital Publics, Rowman & Littlefield
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Inconversationwith
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VarshaAyyar
SohniChakrabarti
ArpitaChakraborty
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
ResearchMethods:IterativeEngagementandImmersion
inDigitalContexts,OfflineTravel,and
CollaborativeWriting 13
DigitalPublics? 17
Activists? 19
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viii Contents
2 DialogueInterlude:GharandBahir 65
RadhikaGajjalainconversationwithSriya
Chattopadhyay,SaradaNori,ShobhaS.V.,andPuthiya
PurayilSneha
MovingtotheUnitedStates 68
Education 71
SocialAdjustments 72
DomesticWork 74
Loitering 76
NegotiatingGhar 78
FinalThoughts 79
Notes 80
3 DialogueInterlude:#WhyLoiter 81
RadhikaGajjalainconversationwithShilpaPhadke
Notes 89
4 DialogueInterlude:CenteringMarginalizedFeminists 91
RadhikaGajjalainconversationwithSukhnidhKaur,
VarshaAyyar,NithilaKanagasabai,andDivyaKandukuri
DialogueInterludewithSukhnidhKaur:Qitaabzine 91
DialogueInterludewithDr.VarshaAyyar 95
DialogueInterludewithNithilaKanagasabai 99
DialogueInterludewithDivyaKandukuri:“Everyday
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RadhikaGajjalainconversationwithDebipreetaRahut
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