Purba Das
Biographic Data
| ID | 6811113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Purba Das |
| GIVEN NAMES | Purba |
| FAMILY NAME | Das |
| SIGNATURE | DAS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2692-969X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Vernacular Discourses of Disruption in Alternative Digital Space
This article explores the discursive strategies employed by Dalits and other marginalized groups to highlight inspirational stories of bottom-up change across rural India. These agential narratives are featured in the community-run alternative digital media portal, Video Volunteer’s series, “Videos that Created Change.” I contend that marginalized groups’ articulation of structural change against systemic oppression takes the form of vernacular d…
“Is caste race?” Discourses of Racial Indianization
This paper investigates how the official discourse of race and caste are constructed in response to the Dalits’ claims that casteism is racism and caste should be included in the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Xenophobia (WCAR held in Durban in 2001). The research question driving this project probes into discursive strategies and logics, which deny any association of caste with race in the Indian context and the sign…
Casteless, Raceless India
This study analyzes the Indian Government's “official” national integration campaigns from the pre-liberalized era, and the Times of India's “Lead India” campaign from the post-liberalized era. It discusses how these national discourses constitute a homogeneous Indian people based on an idealized depiction of “unity in diversity” and a “youthful,” modern India. Such discourses depict a casteless, raceless Indian people, and ignore the disenfranch…
Casteless, Raceless India
This study analyzes the Indian Government's “official” national integration campaigns from the pre-liberalized era, and the Times of India's “Lead India” campaign from the post-liberalized era. It discusses how these national discourses constitute a homogeneous Indian people based on an idealized depiction of “unity in diversity” and a “youthful,” modern India. Such discourses depict a casteless, raceless Indian people, and ignore the disenfranch…
Casteless, Raceless India
This study analyzes the Indian Government's “official” national integration campaigns from the pre-liberalized era, and the Times of India's “Lead India” campaign from the post-liberalized era. It discusses how these national discourses constitute a homogeneous Indian people based on an idealized depiction of “unity in diversity” and a “youthful,” modern India. Such discourses depict a casteless, raceless Indian people, and ignore the disenfranch…
“Is caste race?” Discourses of Racial Indianization
This paper investigates how the official discourse of race and caste are constructed in response to the Dalits’ claims that casteism is racism and caste should be included in the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Xenophobia (WCAR held in Durban in 2001). The research question driving this project probes into discursive strategies and logics, which deny any association of caste with race in the Indian context and the sign…
Vernacular Discourses of Disruption in Alternative Digital Space
This article explores the discursive strategies employed by Dalits and other marginalized groups to highlight inspirational stories of bottom-up change across rural India. These agential narratives are featured in the community-run alternative digital media portal, Video Volunteer’s series, “Videos that Created Change.” I contend that marginalized groups’ articulation of structural change against systemic oppression takes the form of vernacular d…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Caste (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (2 works)