Gender and Popular Visual Culture in India

With attention to various forms of media, from Bollywood cinema and soap opera to web platforms and social media, this book critically examines visual media in India as a propagator of hidden sexism, even in apparently feminist portrayals.

Auteur

Francis Philip Barclay is a faculty member in the Department of Media and Communication, School of Communication, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India. With a background in journalism, news art and political cartooning, Dr Barclay is also an accomplished media researcher, psephologist and writer. He is the founder-editor of the Journal of Media and Communication (UGC-CARE listed). Dr Barclay has published several books and contributed chapters to many others, in addition to research articles in reputable journals. His research areas include media, politics and regulation, discourse analysis, gender studies, contemporary journalism, new and social media, media usage and effects, media psychology, research methodology and immersive technologies. Dr Barclay has also served several English newspapers in India. Some of his works are available for reading on his personal website, www.francisbarclay.com.

Kaifia Ancer Laskar has been teaching in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Aliah University, Kolkata (a public state university) in West Bengal, India, since July 2016. She holds a PhD in Mass Communication and has published in several reputable outlets, including Routledge, Sage, UGC-CARE as well as peer-reviewed journals. Dr Laskar's research interests lie in the areas of gender, race and minority representation in film and television entertainment content. She also conducts qualitative research on disinformation and the digital silencing of religious and sexual minorities.