Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction: Changing Gender Equations and Discriminatory Practices -- PART I: Evolving Sexism -- 1. Part I Introduction: Critical Perspectives on Gender Representations in Indian Media: An Overview -- 2. New Wine in Old Bottle: Benevolent Sexism in the Indian Popular Visual Media -- 3. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? Sexism in Fourth-Wave Feminis
4. Female Politicos in Indian Web Series: The Politics of Portrayal -- 5. Androcentrism and Gender Stereotyping in Matrimonial Advertisements -- PART II: Characterising Contemporary Feminist Cultures -- 6. Part II Introduction: Characterising Contemporary Feminist Cultures -- 7. Fourth-Wave Feminism: World View and the Indian Context -- 8. Gendered Memes: Stereotypical Representation to Agentic Counter-Conduct -- 9. Women and Emergent Agency in Hindi Partition Cinema -- 10. New Dimensions in Relationships: Portrayal of Culture through Cinema
11. The Glass Ceiling! Exploring the Intersection of Sexist and Feminist Tropes in Women-Centric Indian Films -- PART III: Indian Media and Sexism -- 12. Part III Introduction: Indian Media and the Paraluman of Gender Otherisation -- 13. Sex Workers and Bollywood: Decoding Misrepresentations and Blurred Lines -- 14. Does Sexism Still Sell? Audience Perception of Bigoted Advertisements -- 15. The Men and the Media -- 16. Decrypting "Free" Expression: AMMA-WCC Conflict and Comment Culture Rattling the Malayalam Film Industry -- 17. The Way Forward -- Index