About the Book: Fieldwork as a Sex Object
'I mute the audio before replaying it frame by frame. I watch the video four
times.
'It is not me. It is my fucking face.
Amrita Chaturvedi—Amy in her London circles—identifies as a communist on
Twitter, but her bio omits any mention of her privileged life back in Delhi and
a stint on reality TV. When a scandalous deepfake video featuring her suddenly
goes viral, the truth catches up with Amy. Overnight, she becomes a trending
hashtag, hunted by right-wing trolls, betrayed by friends and family.
As the media frenzy explodes and legal persecution looms on the horizon, Amy
must, with