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Amit S. Rai
Researcher at Queen Mary University of London
Publications - 28
Citations - 927
Amit S. Rai is an academic researcher from Queen Mary University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Jugaad & Terrorism. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 27 publications receiving 850 citations. Previous affiliations of Amit S. Rai include Florida State University & The New School.
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Monster, Terrorist, Fag: The War on Terrorism and the Production of Docile Patriots
Jasbir K. Puar,Amit S. Rai +1 more
TL;DR: Puar and Rai as mentioned in this paper make two related arguments: (1) that the construct of the terrorist relies on a knowledge of sexual perversity (failed heterosexuality, Western notions of the psyche, and a certain queer monstrosity).
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The Remaking of a Model Minority: Perverse Projectiles under the Specter of (Counter)Terrorism
Jasbir K. Puar,Amit S. Rai +1 more
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India On-line: Electronic Bulletin Boards and the Construction of a Diasporic Hindu Identity
TL;DR: The Indian diaspora is being written through the lines of electronic bulletin boards as discussed by the authors, and these lines provide a space for South Asian Hindus to construct and contest iden-...
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Of monsters: Biopower, terrorism and excess in genealogies of monstrosity
TL;DR: This article drew a history of monstrosity through overlapping discourses, tying the contemporary figure of the Islamic terrorist to the sexual and racial deviancy of what Michel Foucault termed the "Abnormals".