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Deconstructing the Stereotype - Reconsidering Indian Culture, Literature and Cinema (Paperback)
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Deconstructing the Stereotype - Reconsidering Indian Culture, Literature and Cinema (Paperback)
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Stereotypes are mere 'pictures in our heads'. Prejudice and
suspicion against all that is perceived of as 'different' give rise
to cultural stereotypes. Creating stereotypes also involves
connecting the created categories with values, equipping the
categories with an ideational label. Thus, stereotypes often
contain the presupposition that one's own group represents the
normal, or even universal and that one's own culture and ist
socially construed concepts of reality is superior and normative in
relation to other cultures and world-views. The stereotypes are not
just one person's private attitude but are always shared with a
larger socio-cultural group. Stereotypes result in simplifications
that prevent people from seeing the 'otherized' individuals as they
truly are. This book, aims at transgressing the boundaries of the
strategically generated stereotyped image of a homogenous Indian
culture. Rather, by highlighting the marginalised issues related to
class, caste and gender, this book, by citing examples of select
Indian literary and cinematic representations, argues that the
stigma related to the non-conformist /alternative/minority
identities, is baseless and fraudulent.
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