Digital Expressions of the Self(ie) - The Social Life of Selfies in India

The book examines the social and cultural role of selfies in India and its diaspora.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Still/moving images: Performing masculinity and making place in Delhi's ' hotspots'3. Probing 'Insta-worthiness': Siting the Selfie 4. Putting the selfie to work: Image making and work/ time discipline in the margins of the Indian state 5. Posthumous selfy memory: Fan identities and the making of superstars 6. Creating and curating the performing object: Self-making on #Bookstagram and #Inktober

About the author

Avishek Ray is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at the National Institute of Technology Silchar.
Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at NYU.
Usha Raman is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Hyderabad, India.
Martin Webb is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths.
Neha Gupta is a postdoctoral researcher at TISS Mumbai.
Sai Amulya Komarraju is Assistant Professor in the Communications area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India.
Anuja Premika is a PhD research scholar at the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad, India.
Riad Azam works as a Counseling Manager at Athena Education.
Farhat Salim works as Community Engagement Manager at Doctors Without Borders/ Medecins Sans Frontier India.
Pranavesh Subramanian is a writer, comedian and filmmaker based in Delhi.

Product details

• Authors: Riad Azam, Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, Neha Gupta, Sai Amulya Komarraju, Anuja Premika, Raman Usha, Avishek Ray, Farhat Salim, Pranavesh Subramanian, Martin Web
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032694764
• ISBN: 978-1-032-69476-4
• No. of pages: 134
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Photography & photographs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / Performance, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Communication Studies, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Indian sub-continent, Art forms, Photography and photographs, The Arts: art forms, The arts: general topics