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HEAR #METOO IN INDIA H E A R #M ETO O I N I N D I A News, Social Media, and Anti- Rape and Sexual Harassment Activism Pallavi Guha rutgers university press New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark, New Jersey, and London Names: Guha, Pallavi, author. Title: Hear #metoo in India : news, social media, and anti-rape and sexual harassment activism / Pallavi Guha Description: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020020797 | ISBN 9781978805729 (paperback) | ISBN 9781978805736 (cloth) | ISBN 9781978805743 (epub) | ISBN 9781978805750 (mobi) | ISBN 9781978805767 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Rape victims—India. | Sexual harassment—India. | Sexual abuse victims—India. | Women—Violence against—India. | Women—Political activity—India. | Feminism—India. Classification: LCC HV6569.I4 G84 2021 | DDC 362.8830954—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020797 A British Cataloging- in- Publication rec ord for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2021 by Pallavi Guha All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. www . rutgersuniversitypress . org Manufactured in the United States of Amer i ca I dedicate this book to all the feminist activists and journalists who have given up comfort and plea sure to steadfastly work for the life and re spect of the sexually abused and assaulted in India. সুখের বদখে সম্মান ববকমাইয়মা দদওয়মা যমায় নমা। সুে ববদমায় দ�মাক— সম্মান থমাক জীবখন। (We cannot compromise re spect for comfort, let t here be re spect instead of comfort in life.) — Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995), অবনিপরীক্মা (Ordeal to prove innocence) CONTENTS 1 Introduction and Historical Background 1 2 Framing of Rape in the News Media and Its Impact on Feminist Activism and Journalists: #MeTooIndia Including Themes 23 3 The Heart Does Not Bleed for Every one: Selective Outrage and Activism 46 4 The Successes and Failures of Transnational Hashtag Movements 59 5 Moving Forward: Learning from Anti- rape Feminist Movements 97 Acknowl edgments 115 Notes 117 References 119 Index 135 vii HEAR #METOO IN INDIA
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