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  • 2010-2014  (2)
  • Dimitrova, Diana  (1)
  • Nicholson, Linda  (1)
  • Hoboken : Taylor and Francis  (2)
  • Ethnology  (2)
  • Computer Science
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    The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film : Perspectives on Otherism and Otherness (2014)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
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    ISBN: 9780415711524
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (184 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The other in South Asian religion, literature and film
    DDC: 302.5
    RVK:
    LB 40375
    RVK:
    MS 1300
    RVK:
    LB 45375
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südasien ; Das Andere ; Film ; Literatur ; Religion
    Abstract: This book introduces the term ""otherism"" and looks at the discourse of otherism and the issue of otherness in South Asian religion, literature and film. It examines cultural questions related to the human condition of being the ""other,"" of the process of ""othering"" and of the representation of ""otherness"" and its religious, cultural and ideological implications.The book applies the perspectives of ideological criticism, theories of hybridity, orientalism, nationalism, and gender and queer studies to gain new insights into the literature, film and culture of South Asia. It looks at the
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; The editor; Contributors; Note on transliteration; On otherism and othering: an introduction; Part I In "other" lands: diaspora, religion and literature; 1 The religion of coolitude; 2 Religion and "otherness" in a new world: the Radhasoami movement in transnational space; Part II Creating otherness: language, religion and literature; 3 'Othering' through language: the construction of two languages and communal identities in British India
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 The idea of a nation: H. R. Bacchan's palimpsestian The House of Wine5 The politics of "otherness": the Hindi plays of Urdu-Hindi author Upendranath Ashk (1910-1996); Part III Representing the "other": otherness, gender and sexuality; 6 Imagining the powerful 'other': representations of Razia Sultan; 7 Queer Bollywood: same-sex sexuality, gender transgression and 'otherness' in Indian popular cinema of the 1990s; 8 Towards an inclusive, fluid construction of gender and sexuality in commercial Indian cinema(s); Index
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    Feminism/Postmodernism (2013)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
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    ISBN: 9780415900591
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (359 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction
    Series Statement: Thinking Gender
    Parallel Title: Print version Feminism/Postmodernism
    RVK:
    LB 44000
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: In this anthology, prominent contemporary theorists assess the benefits and dangers of postmodernism for feminist theory. The contributors examine the meaning of postmodernism both as a methodological position and a diagnosis of the times. They consider such issues as the nature of personal and social identity today, the political implications of recent aesthetic trends, and the consequences of changing work and family relations on women's lives. Contributors: Seyla Benhabib, Susan Bordo, Judith Butler, Christine Di Stefano, Jane Flax, Nancy Fraser, Donna Haraway, Sandra Harding, Nancy Harts
    Description / Table of Contents: Feminism/Postmodernism; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Feminism As Against Epistemology?; 1. Social Criticism without Philosophy: An Encounter between Feminism and Postmodernism; 2. Postmodernism and Gender Relations in Feminist Theory; 3. Dilemmas of Difference: Feminism, Modernity, and Postmodernism; 4. Feminism, Science, and the Anti-Enlightenment Critiques; 5. Epistemologies of Postmodernism: A Rejoinder to Jean-François Lyotard; Part II: The Politics of Location; 6. Feminism, Postmodernism, and Gender-Scepticism; 7. Foucault on Power: A Theory for Women?
    Description / Table of Contents: 8. Travels in the Postmodern: Making Sense of the Local9. A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s; 10. Mapping the Postmodern; Part III: Identity and Differentiation; 11. A Feminist Theory of Social Differentiation; 12. The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference; 13. Gender Trouble, Feminist Theory, and Psychoanalytic Discourse; Index; Contributors
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