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South Asian Popular Culture Template

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About the South Asian Popular Culture format

South Asian Popular Culture is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering South Asian Cinema and Culture, Cinema and Media Studies, South Asian Studies and Conflicts.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." South Asian Popular Culture 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inSouth Asian Cinema and Culture Cinema and Media Studies South Asian Studies and Conflicts South Asian Studies and Diaspora Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ISSN1474-6689
Citation impact (2-yr)0.44
h-index24
i10-index104
Total citations2,999
Top institutions publishing hereBirmingham City University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in South Asian Popular Culture per year

19
2014
25
2015
29
2016
17
2017
23
2018
22
2019
23
2020
29
2021
29
2022
22
2023
26
2024
8
2025

Citation impact of South Asian Popular Culture by publication year

143
2014
194
2015
141
2016
96
2017
46
2018
103
2019
192
2020
69
2021
68
2022
29
2023
15
2024
0
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in South Asian Popular Culture

Mobile witnessing on WhatsApp: Vigilante virality and the anatomy of mob lynching

Rahul Mukherjee · 2 Jan 2020

In contemporary India, Hindutva chauvinists, self-labelled as ‘gau-rakshaks’ (cow protectors) actively create misinformation campaigns through WhatsApp to set up mob attacks against alleged ‘gau-taskars’ (‘cow smugglers’), who are often from minority communities – Dalits and Muslims. Such communal incidents of mob behavior are on many occasions viewed as ‘flare-ups’ triggered by rumors, and yet for…

Between emasculation and hypermasculinity: Theorizing British South Asian masculinities

Virinder S. Kalra · 1 Jul 2009

Recent interest in the intersections of religion, masculinity, ethnicity and race in the British context have arguably opened up a new space in academic research racialized groups. In particular attempts to understand performance failure of young Muslim men has driven a certain type of research agenda focusing on policy. This article argues that much of…

Excusing the female dancer: Tradition and transgression in Bollywood dancing

Amita Nijhawan · 1 Jul 2009

Item songs are big-budget dance sequences in Bollywood and arresting examples of how bodies of dancing women in Bollywood, with fusion of traditional and contemporary dance genres construct new sites of sexual desire and identity in India. While these spaces of articulation are not immune to the circulation of female bodies in a globalized Indian…

Ash‐coloured whiteness: The transfiguration of Aishwarya Rai

Goldie Osuri · 1 Oct 2008

This paper seeks to discuss the matrix of elements that enable the transnational circulation of Aishwarya Rai Rai, Aishwarya. 28 May 2005. 31 Oct. 2006. ‘The Bollywood Blog: Interview – Aishwarya Rai.’. Bollywood.com, 〈http:bollywood.com/archives/2005/05/interview_aisw_1.html〉 [Google Scholar], Bollywood actress and former Miss World, in the context of embodied notions of gendered beauty and skin‐colour. Reading beauty…

Performing for the gods? Dance and embodied ritual in British Hindu temples

Ann R. David · 25 Sep 2009

Recent ethnographic work in Tamil Hindu temples in London has revealed a new display of performed religious expression that ranges from the bodily movements of the priests during ritual to trance dance and classical Bharatanatyam dance performance. This article examines the performativity of such events, looking at their manifestations through the lens of both anthropological…

South Asian Popular Culture template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the South Asian Popular Culture format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the South Asian Popular Culture template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does South Asian Popular Culture use?
South Asian Popular Culture uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." South Asian Popular Culture 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to South Asian Popular Culture?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready South Asian Popular Culture document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes South Asian Popular Culture?
South Asian Popular Culture is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's South Asian Popular Culture template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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