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Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism
Title:
Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism
ISBN:
9781787545298

9781787547179
Personal Author:
Publication Information New:
Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.

©2018
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages).
Series:
Digital Activism and Society: Politics, Economy and Culture in Network Communication

Digital activism and society.
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
This title centres around digital gender activism focusing on the implications that the phenomenon of online gender activism has for politics, society, culture and gender relations/dynamics. On December 16th, 2012, Jyoti Singh, a female psychotherapy student from New Delhi was raped by six men in a moving bus while making her way home with a male friend. After 13 days spent fighting for her life, Jyoti Singh passed away. Abiding by Indian laws, Joytis actual name was never mentioned by the media and pseudonyms like Nirbhaya (Hindi for fearless) were most commonly used. The brutal attack instantly triggered domestic and global criticism and widespread protests across India over the high levels of violence against Indian women and children, making it one of the biggest gender movements that the country has witnessed. The Nirbhaya case thus became a turning point in the politics of gender justice in India. The Nationwide protests that followed the case also witnessed one of the first and most extensive uses of digital technologies for activism in India having far reaching changes in how gender activism is conducted. Keeping the Nibhaya case at its core, this book explores and attempts to understand experiences and social constructs and investigate the use of digital technologies and social media by civil society actors, activists and organisations specifically for gender activism in India.
Language:
English