Sangita Shresthova
Biographic Data
| ID | 4896154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sangita Shresthova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sangita |
| FAMILY NAME | Shresthova |
| SIGNATURE | SHRESTHOVA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6292-2244 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond belonging: A conversation on inauthenticity, third-culture kids, and fandom
This conversational essay brings together Lori Morimoto, Haerin Shin, and Sangita Shresthova in an exploration of inauthenticity, cultural liminality, and the generative tensions of transcultural fandom. Moving across personal narratives and scholarly reflection, this dialogue situates fandom as a contact zone shaped by asymmetrical power relations, affective attachments, and performative negotiations of identity. Drawing on the framework of the …
Introduction – Feeding the Civic Imagination
Food is a powerful entry point into the civic imagination—i.e., the capacity to imagine alternatives to current cultural, social, political, or economic conditions, the social process of which fosters a shared vision for collective action. As an essential material component of human life, food exists as an extremely mundane and dynamic aspect of our everyday personal and social experiences; our relationship with food is intertwined with issues of…
Flying cars and bigots: Projecting post-Covid-19 worlds through the atlas of the civic imagination as refuge for hope
In April 2020, the Civic Imagination Project at the University of Southern California, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, asked participants around the world to share some of their reflections on what the world of 2060 might look like, and what roles the COVID-19 pandemic may have played in transforming how we live and relate to each other. For the past six years, the Civic Imagination Project has been conducting world-building workshops with gr…
Advancing transcultural fandom
This chapter demonstrates the importance of studying race and transcultural fandom, these areas of fan studies remain underdeveloped. Bertha Chin serves on the board of the Fan Studies Network and the editorial board of the Journal of Fandom Studies; she has written widely about social media, crowdfunding, and science fiction fandom. The issue of invisibility needs to be solved within fan, media, and cultural studies at large. There's a sense tha…
By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism
Learning connected civics: Narratives, practices, infrastructures
Bringing together popular culture studies and sociocultural learning theory, in this paper we formulate the concept of “connected civics,” grounded in the idea that young people today are engaging in new forms of politics that are profoundly participatory. Often working in collaboration with adult allies, they leverage digital media and emerging modes of connectivity to achieve voice and influence in public spheres. The rise of participatory poli…
Fandom meets activism: Rethinking civic and political participation
Fan activism lies at the intersection of cultural and political participation. The study of fan activism can inform our understanding of contemporary collective action more broadly. We suggest four key areas for analysis: the relationships between cultural and political participation; the tension between participation and resistance in the context of fan activism; affect and the role of content worlds in civic and political mobilization; and eval…
Under India's big umbrella? Bollywood dance in Nepal
Bollywood dance, a colloquial term used to describe choreography in, and inspired by, Hindi film song-and-dance sequences is now a global phenomenon. As Bollywood dance travels the world, it interacts with local contexts and realities. In Nepal, Hindi film consumption coexists with the country's problematically independent relationship to India. Enticed by Bollywood's globalized and glamorous sheen, dance students at the National Dance Centre in …
Swaying to an Indian Beat… Dola Goes My Diasporic Heart: Exploring Hindi Film Dance
Today, Bollywood dance has become a term used by film professionals, amateur performers, and audiences to refer to dances choreographed to Hindi film songs. The question of what Bollywood dance is, however, remains debated in both movement and text. In classes, Bollywood dance movement varies in quality and style from song to song, instructor to instructor, and choreographer to choreographer. Costume choices, facial expressions, gestures (as inte…
Learning connected civics: Narratives, practices, infrastructures
Bringing together popular culture studies and sociocultural learning theory, in this paper we formulate the concept of “connected civics,” grounded in the idea that young people today are engaging in new forms of politics that are profoundly participatory. Often working in collaboration with adult allies, they leverage digital media and emerging modes of connectivity to achieve voice and influence in public spheres. The rise of participatory poli…
Beyond belonging: A conversation on inauthenticity, third-culture kids, and fandom
This conversational essay brings together Lori Morimoto, Haerin Shin, and Sangita Shresthova in an exploration of inauthenticity, cultural liminality, and the generative tensions of transcultural fandom. Moving across personal narratives and scholarly reflection, this dialogue situates fandom as a contact zone shaped by asymmetrical power relations, affective attachments, and performative negotiations of identity. Drawing on the framework of the …
Under India's big umbrella? Bollywood dance in Nepal
Bollywood dance, a colloquial term used to describe choreography in, and inspired by, Hindi film song-and-dance sequences is now a global phenomenon. As Bollywood dance travels the world, it interacts with local contexts and realities. In Nepal, Hindi film consumption coexists with the country's problematically independent relationship to India. Enticed by Bollywood's globalized and glamorous sheen, dance students at the National Dance Centre in …
Swaying to an Indian Beat… Dola Goes My Diasporic Heart: Exploring Hindi Film Dance
Today, Bollywood dance has become a term used by film professionals, amateur performers, and audiences to refer to dances choreographed to Hindi film songs. The question of what Bollywood dance is, however, remains debated in both movement and text. In classes, Bollywood dance movement varies in quality and style from song to song, instructor to instructor, and choreographer to choreographer. Costume choices, facial expressions, gestures (as inte…
Under India's big umbrella? Bollywood dance in Nepal
Bollywood dance, a colloquial term used to describe choreography in, and inspired by, Hindi film song-and-dance sequences is now a global phenomenon. As Bollywood dance travels the world, it interacts with local contexts and realities. In Nepal, Hindi film consumption coexists with the country's problematically independent relationship to India. Enticed by Bollywood's globalized and glamorous sheen, dance students at the National Dance Centre in …
Fandom meets activism: Rethinking civic and political participation
Fan activism lies at the intersection of cultural and political participation. The study of fan activism can inform our understanding of contemporary collective action more broadly. We suggest four key areas for analysis: the relationships between cultural and political participation; the tension between participation and resistance in the context of fan activism; affect and the role of content worlds in civic and political mobilization; and eval…
Learning connected civics: Narratives, practices, infrastructures
Bringing together popular culture studies and sociocultural learning theory, in this paper we formulate the concept of “connected civics,” grounded in the idea that young people today are engaging in new forms of politics that are profoundly participatory. Often working in collaboration with adult allies, they leverage digital media and emerging modes of connectivity to achieve voice and influence in public spheres. The rise of participatory poli…
By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism
Advancing transcultural fandom
This chapter demonstrates the importance of studying race and transcultural fandom, these areas of fan studies remain underdeveloped. Bertha Chin serves on the board of the Fan Studies Network and the editorial board of the Journal of Fandom Studies; she has written widely about social media, crowdfunding, and science fiction fandom. The issue of invisibility needs to be solved within fan, media, and cultural studies at large. There's a sense tha…
Flying cars and bigots: Projecting post-Covid-19 worlds through the atlas of the civic imagination as refuge for hope
In April 2020, the Civic Imagination Project at the University of Southern California, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, asked participants around the world to share some of their reflections on what the world of 2060 might look like, and what roles the COVID-19 pandemic may have played in transforming how we live and relate to each other. For the past six years, the Civic Imagination Project has been conducting world-building workshops with gr…
Introduction – Feeding the Civic Imagination
Food is a powerful entry point into the civic imagination—i.e., the capacity to imagine alternatives to current cultural, social, political, or economic conditions, the social process of which fosters a shared vision for collective action. As an essential material component of human life, food exists as an extremely mundane and dynamic aspect of our everyday personal and social experiences; our relationship with food is intertwined with issues of…
Beyond belonging: A conversation on inauthenticity, third-culture kids, and fandom
This conversational essay brings together Lori Morimoto, Haerin Shin, and Sangita Shresthova in an exploration of inauthenticity, cultural liminality, and the generative tensions of transcultural fandom. Moving across personal narratives and scholarly reflection, this dialogue situates fandom as a contact zone shaped by asymmetrical power relations, affective attachments, and performative negotiations of identity. Drawing on the framework of the …
Sociology (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Fandom (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Politics (3 works)