Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda

Current Research:

I am currently revising my Ph.D dissertation into a book manuscript tentatively titled, “Genealogies of the Citizen-Devotee: Popular Cinema, Religion and Politics in South India”

My on-going research is in the areas of ‘Minority identity’ and ‘Literature’ in Telugu as well as popular culture, specifically cinema and media in contemporary India.

Research interests: Film and Media Studies; Feminist Theory; Popular Culture: Religion and Secularism

Courses taught:

M.A courses – Feminism in India: Issues and Debates; Religion, Secularism and Modernity; Cultural Theory: Key Thinkers; Citizenship and Democracy

Ph.D courses – Contemporary India: Debates in Culture and Politics