"I’ve Heard I’m Characterless”: Scandal, Social Media, and Mediated Talk Back in Rural India

This talk explores how young women in rural Himalayan India use social media to redirect public scandals around their sexuality. In particular, I trace how their creative digital production allows them to “talk back” to a village audience in ways that open up the possibility of new forms of political speech and action.

Departmental Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2024

3.15pm, Fridays of Weeks 1, 3-8. 

In person in the Lecture Room, 64 Banbury Road.

Convened by Alpa Shah and Elisabeth Hsu

Week 2 is replaced by the Marett Lecture delivered by Professor Deborah James