Resisting Hindutva in the digital Indian diaspora

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ID19005668
AuthorsNeha Thapliyal (0000-0003-3081-6310, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia, corresponding author), Khorana (0000-0002-7273-1393, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia), Felix Pal (0000-0002-8750-0512, Independent researcher), Devleena Ghosh (0000-0002-1110-1259, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia)
Year2022
Volume46
Issue7
Pages1527-1550
Publication date2022-09-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2022.2115309
OpenAlexW4296205090
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited52

The study of how ethnonationalists mobilize digital media is not matched in size by an investigation into the progressive activists digitally mobilizing against them. This is especially true in diaspora communities, which form the focus of this work. In this paper, we discuss diasporic online progressive activism against one form of ethnonationalism, Hindutva. Situating our argument in the context of the Indian Australian diaspora, we argue that the study of activist media ecologies which seek to resist Hindutva is as critical as the study of Hindutva itself, but that scholarship on this kind resistance in diaspora remains sparse. We suggest that the Australian case – witnessing a critical acceleration in Hindutva mobilization since 2020 – provides a unique opportunity to understand the role of digital media at the nascence of online resistance

Diaspora · Geography · Hindutva · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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