Narratives of gendered dissent in South Asian cinemas / Alka Kurian.

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in film studies ; 12
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Physical Description:xiv, 195 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.