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Narratives of gendered dissent in South Asian cinemas [electronic resource] / Alka Kurian.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in film studies ; 12Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xiv, 195 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.23/430954 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.A753 K87 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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