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Sentiment, politics, censorship : the state of hurt / edited by Rina Ramdev, Sandhya Devesan Nambiar, Debaditya Bhattacharya.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sentimentalism--Political aspects--India.
- Sentimentalism.
- Hate speech--India.
- Hate speech.
- Freedom of speech--India.
- Freedom of speech.
- Censorship--India.
- Censorship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : SAGE, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The creation of a ready vocabulary of hurt sentiments in the political and social space, the publicity it generates for a potential claim to victimhood and trauma and how it can become an excuse for repressive regimes of state-vigilantism as well as strategies of terror and hate speech.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Photographs; Preface; Introduction: Sentimental Sovereignties: Hurt and the Political Unconscious; 1. How Far Can You Go?; 2. What, If the Hurt Is 'Real'? Psyche, Neighbor, and Intimate Violence; 3. Between Speech and Silence; 4. The Harm in Hate Speech Laws: Examining the Origins of Hate Speech Legislation in India; 5. The Alchemy of Hate and Hurt; 6. Strangers in the Land: Mapping the Muslim Hurt; 7. Commemorating Hurt: Memorializing Operation Bluestar; 8. The Reascription of Hurt: When Abu Gharaib Came to Kashmir
- 9. Anathema and Anachronism: A Contemporary Utilization of Ambedkar's Critique of Gandhism10. The Cartoon Controversy: Crafty Politicos, Impatient Pedagogues; 11. Writing Humiliation, Righting Humiliation: Marking the Dalit Moment in the History of India's Untouchables and Beyond; 12. Sense and Sentimentality: A Political Fable; 13. The Return of Daya; 14. Of JAB and Hurt: Exploring Spaces of Resistance withinthe University; 15. Sexuality, Mediation, Commodification: The Businessof Representation; 16. The Erotics of Law, Scandal,and Technology
- 17. The Engendering of Hurt: A Feminist Analysis of Hurt Sentiments18. On the Question of Free Speech and Censorship; 19. The Lines of Control; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 93-5150-362-3
- 93-5150-305-4
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