{"product_id":"indias-imperial-formations-cultural-perspectives-9781683932994","title":"India's Imperial Formations: Cultural Perspectives","description":"\u003ci\u003eIndia's Imperial Formations\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which empire building occurs and consolidates through the Indian and diasporic cultural landscape, where a collusion with whiteness, Hindu fundamentalism, casteism, and religious and racial bigotry are rampant, and create hegemonic imaginaries of an India that denies a democratic space of multiple Indias to coexist together. India is not only home to the world's largest film industry but also has one of the oldest media ecosystems today with a prolific output in television, radio, print, and digital media. These systems shape hearts and minds in the large nation and also have significant impact in the region as well as in the world due to India's vast diaspora population. This book argues that Indian culture industries are a crucial site to investigate constructions of Islamophobia, casteism, sinophobia, sexism, colorism and anti-Blackness. Within this work, the authors \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ehighlight the urgent need to evaluate the complicity of Indian and diasporic cultural production in perpetuating a casual and sometimes even aggressive normalization of bigotry and discrimination towards minoritized communities. This polemical book is written by three scholars of culture, gender and postcolonial studies providing an accessible yet rigorous study of these issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmrita Ghosh\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor in South Asian literatures in the Department of English at the University of Central Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRohit K Dasgupta\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in gender and sexuality at the London School of Economics \u0026amp; Political Science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhakti Shringarpure\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eCold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital\u003c\/i\u003e and recently co-edited the collection \u003ci\u003eInsurgent Feminisms: Writing War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fairleigh Dickinson University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260167356690,"sku":"9781683932994","price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6343a494-131d-4467-b861-5239f5fa9782.jpg?v=1746638163","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/indias-imperial-formations-cultural-perspectives-9781683932994","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}