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
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Südasien
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Das Andere
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Film
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Literatur
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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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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