ISBN:
9780203128091
,
9780415961172
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 195 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Film Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version South Asian Cinema
DDC:
302.23/430954
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Introduction -- Class, caste and social exclusion. Subalterneity and resistance in Shyam Benegal's Nishaant and Manthan -- Radical politics and gender in Govind Nihalani's Hazaar chaurasi ki ma, Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron khwaishein aisi, and Sanjiv Karambelkar's Lal salaam -- Nationalism, religion, and identity. The politics of Hindutva in Nandita Das' Firaaq, Rahul Dholakia's Parzania, and Rakesh Sharma's Final solution -- Gender, home, and displacement in Sabiha Sumar's Khamosh pani, Shoaib Mansoor's Khuda kei liye, Shyam Benegal's Mammo, and Meena Nanji's A view from a grain of sand -- Nationalism and ethnic struggle. Subjectivity, choice, and feminist agency in Santosh Sivan's The terrorist and Beate Arnestad's My daughter the terrorist -- Heteronormativity, "difference", and the construction of a subversive femininity. Gender, identity, and the diaspora in Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the beach and Sarah Gavron's Brick lane -- Conclusion
Abstract:
This book conducts a post-colonial, gendered investigation of women-centred South Asian films. In these films, the narrative becomes an act of political engagement and a site of feminist struggle: a map that weaves together multiple strands of subjectivity-gender, caste, race, class, religion, and colonialism. The book explores the cinematic construction of an oppositional narrative of feminist dissent with a view to elaborate a historical understanding and theorisation of the 'materiality and politics' of the everyday struggle of Indian women. The book analyzes the ways that 'cultural workers
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionClass, caste and social exclusion. Subalterneity and resistance in Shyam Benegal's Nishaant and Manthan -- Radical politics and gender in Govind Nihalani's Hazaar chaurasi ki ma, Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron khwaishein aisi, and Sanjiv Karambelkar's Lal salaam -- Nationalism, religion, and identity. The politics of Hindutva in Nandita Das' Firaaq, Rahul Dholakia's Parzania, and Rakesh Sharma's Final solution -- Gender, home, and displacement in Sabiha Sumar's Khamosh pani, Shoaib Mansoor's Khuda kei liye, Shyam Benegal's Mammo, and Meena Nanji's A view from a grain of sand -- Nationalism and ethnic struggle. Subjectivity, choice, and feminist agency in Santosh Sivan's The terrorist and Beate Arnestad's My daughter the terrorist -- Heteronormativity, "difference", and the construction of a subversive femininity. Gender, identity, and the diaspora in Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the beach and Sarah Gavron's Brick lane -- Conclusion.
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