Sites of Exception: Gender Violence, Digital Activism, and Nirbhaya’s Zone of Anomie in India

Dey, A. 2020. Sites of Exception: Gender Violence, Digital Activism, and Nirbhaya’s Zone of Anomie in India. Violence Against Women. 26 (11), pp. 1423-1444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219862633

TitleSites of Exception: Gender Violence, Digital Activism, and Nirbhaya’s Zone of Anomie in India
TypeJournal article
AuthorsDey, A.
Abstract

Gender violence in India exists as a state of exception for the ways in which it occupies a nonlegal, liminal space of existence as “bare life” or “life itself.” The rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey unprecedentedly brought this to the surface. This article aims to highlight the ways in which the movement that emerged out of this case engaged with gender violence as a state of exception while the use of new digital technologies by “digital subjects”/“digital parasites” has constituted “sites of exception,” leading to new forms of organizing and creating an emerging politics of gender justice in India.

JournalViolence Against Women
Journal citation26 (11), pp. 1423-1444
ISSN1077-8012
1552-8448
Year2020
PublisherSage
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219862633
Publication dates
Published online04 Aug 2019
Published in print2020

Related outputs

North South Feminist Dialogue: Silencing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Academia and The Politics of Naming
Dey, A. 2024. North South Feminist Dialogue: Silencing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Academia and The Politics of Naming. London University of Westminster.

It's a joke, not a dick. So don't take it too hard”: Online Sexual Harassment in Indian Universities
Dey, A. 2024. It's a joke, not a dick. So don't take it too hard”: Online Sexual Harassment in Indian Universities . Feminist Media Studies. 24 (8), pp. 1830-1846. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2266150

North-South Feminist Dialogue: Online Sexual Harassment in Higher Education (HE)
Dey, A. 2022. North-South Feminist Dialogue: Online Sexual Harassment in Higher Education (HE).

'It started with this one post’:# MeToo, India and higher education
Dey, A. and Mendes, K. 2022. 'It started with this one post’:# MeToo, India and higher education. Journal of Gender Studies. 31 (2), pp. 204-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2021.1907552

We are Louder when we are Heard Together’: Sara Ahmed on Complaint!
Dey, A. 2022. We are Louder when we are Heard Together’: Sara Ahmed on Complaint! Wasafiri. 37 (1), pp. 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690055.2022.1999655

North-South Feminist Dialogue: Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Higher Education-Report
Dey, A. 2021. North-South Feminist Dialogue: Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Higher Education-Report.

A Comparative Study of the Delhi Nirbhaya Protests and the Occupy Nigeria Movement: Evaluating Uses of ICTs and Social Media
Dey, A. and Olabode, S. 2021. A Comparative Study of the Delhi Nirbhaya Protests and the Occupy Nigeria Movement: Evaluating Uses of ICTs and Social Media. in: Karatzogianni, A., Schandorf, M. and Ferra, I. (ed.) Protest Technologies and Media Revolutions: The Longue Durée Emerald Publishing Limited. pp. 177-195

Feminist activism 25 years after Beijing
Molyneux, M., Dey, A., Gatto, M. A. and Rowden, H. 2020. Feminist activism 25 years after Beijing. Gender & Development. 28 (2), pp. 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2020.1750140

Others’ within the ‘Others’: An Intersectional Analysis of Gender Violence in India
Dey, A. 2019. Others’ within the ‘Others’: An Intersectional Analysis of Gender Violence in India . Gender Issues. 36 (4), pp. 357-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-019-09232-4

Nirbhaya, New Media and Digital Gender Activism
Dey, A. 2018. Nirbhaya, New Media and Digital Gender Activism. Emerald Publishing Limited.

A brief exploration of the effects of ICTs and social media on the gender activism in India post-December 16, 2012.
Dey, A. 2016. A brief exploration of the effects of ICTs and social media on the gender activism in India post-December 16, 2012. in: Cerqueira, C., Cabecinhas, R. and Magalhães,S.I. (ed.) Gender in focus: (new) trends in media Braga CECS - Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade. pp. 187-204

Gender and Class Intersectionality in India: an Analysis of the Nirbhaya Case, December 16th, 2012
Dey, A. and Orton, B. 2016. Gender and Class Intersectionality in India: an Analysis of the Nirbhaya Case, December 16th, 2012. in: Takhar, S. (ed.) Gender and Race Matter: Global Perspectives on Being a Woman Emerald Publishing Limited. pp. 87-105

Online Gender Activism in India and the participation of Indian Diaspora, 2012-2015
Dey, A. 2016. Online Gender Activism in India and the participation of Indian Diaspora, 2012-2015. in: Karatzogianni, A, Ngyen, D. and Serafinelli, E. (ed.) The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere: Conflict, Migration, Crisis and Culture in Digital Networks Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 149-168

Permalink - https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/vv5x5/sites-of-exception-gender-violence-digital-activism-and-nirbhaya-s-zone-of-anomie-in-india


Share this

Usage statistics

93 total views
0 total downloads
These values cover views and downloads from WestminsterResearch and are for the period from September 2nd 2018, when this repository was created.