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. It looks at how the selfie, unlike the photograph, which was a gesture towards an external reality, remains intimately self-referential, yet reconfigures social ordering, identity formation, agency, and spaces...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ray, Avishek, 1985- (Editor), Dattatreyan, Ethiraj Gabriel (Editor), Usha Raman (Editor), Webb, Martin (Editor), Gupta, Neha (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Subjects:	Selfies (Photography) > India > Psychological aspects. Photography > Social aspects > India. Photographie > Aspect social > Inde.

Table of Contents:

Probing 'insta-worthiness' : siting the selfie
Strike a pose : Tik Tok still life and masculine placemaking in Delhi
Putting the selfie to work : transparency, accountability and images as evidence in work settings
Posthumous selfies : the making of a superstar
Creating and curating the performing object : self-making on #Bookstagram and #Inktober.