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Hinduism and Hindu nationalism online

London ; New York: Routledge (2019), viii, 181 pp.

Contains figures, index

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

ISBN 978-1-138-47798-8 (hbk.); 978-1-351-10365-7 (ebook)

"This study surveys a wide range of propaganda, websites and social media in which definitions of Hinduism are debated. In particular, it focuses on the role of Hindu nationalism in the presentation and management of Hinduism in the electronic public sphere. Hindu nationalist parties and individuals are highly invested in discussions and presentations of Hinduism online, and actively shape discourses through a variety of strategies. Analysing Hindu nationalist propaganda, cyber activist movements and social media presence, as well as exploring methodological strategies that are useful to the field of religion and media in general, the book concludes by showing how these discourses function in the wider Hindu diaspora." (Publisher description)
1 Managing Hinduism in the electronic public sphere, 22
2 Analyzing and reading the Web as text, 49
3 One-way conversations: webpages and portals, 70
4 Two-way conversations: social media, 94
5 Hindutva and hate speech in the electronic public sphere, 113
6 Hindutva vs hashtag feminism, 137
7 The saffron effect: transnationalism and diaspora, 158