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In this book, we examine the impact on Indian American children from school textbook narratives about Hinduism and ancient India, highlighting their alignment with colonial-racist discourse. This discourse causes psychological effects similar to those caused by racism: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a detachment from their cultural heritage. The book represents four years of rigorous research and academic peer review, underscoring Hindupedia's dedication to challenging the portrayal of Hindu Dharma in academia.

Talk:Susan Seizer

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Rutvi Dattani


Susan Seizer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University[1] as of December 2022. According to her university, her research focuses on Performance Studies, Standup comedy, Humor in use, Stigma, Diasporic Femisnist Film, Queer studies, Disability studies, Ethnographic Writing/Ethnographic Methods, Anthropology of Parents & Children.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva and the Indian Government.

In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]

Publications related to India[edit]

  1. Seizer, Susan. Stigmas of the Tamil Stage: An Ethnography of Special Drama Artists in South India. Duke University Press, 2005.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Susan Seizer page on Indiana University, accessed December 9, 2022
  2. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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