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This book examines Shyam Benegal's films and alternative image(s)
of India in his cinema, and traces the trajectory of changing
aesthetics of his cinema in the post-liberalisation era. The book
engages with the challenges faced by India as a nation-state in
post-colonial times. Looking at hybrid and complex narratives of
films like Manthan, Junoon, Kalyug, Charandas Chor, Sooraj Ka
Satvaan Ghoda, Zubeidaa and Well Done Abba , among others, it
analyses how these stories and characters, adapted and derived from
mythology, folk-tales, historical fiction and novels, are rooted in
the socio-political contexts of modern India. The author explores
diverse themes in Benegal's cinema such as the loss of home and
identity, women's sexuality, and the status of dalits and Muslims
in India. He also focuses on how the filmmaker expertly weaves
history with myth, culture, and contemporary politics and discusses
the debate around the interpretive value of film adaptations,
adaptation of history and the representations of marginalised
communities and liminal spaces. The book will be useful for
students and researchers of film studies, cultural studies, and the
humanities. It will also interest readers of Indian cinema and the
social and cultural history of India.
This book examines how identities are formed and expressed in
political, social and cultural contexts across South Asia. It is a
comprehensive intervention on how, why and what identities have
come to be, and takes a closer look at the complexities of their
interactions. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, combining
methodologies from history, literary studies, politics, and
sociology, this book: * Explores the multiple ways in which
personal and collective identities manifest and engage, are
challenged and resisted across time and space.; * Highlights how
the shared history of colonialism and partition, communal violence,
bloodshed and pogrom are instrumental in understanding present-day
developments in identity politics.; * Sheds light on a number of
current themes such as borders and nations, race and ethnicity,
identity politics and fundamentalism, language and regionalism,
memory and community, and resistance and assertion. A key volume in
South Asian Studies, this book will be of great interest to
scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history, politics,
sociology, literary studies and social exclusion.
This book examines how identities are formed and expressed in
political, social and cultural contexts across South Asia. It is a
comprehensive intervention on how, why and what identities have
come to be, and takes a closer look at the complexities of their
interactions. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, combining
methodologies from history, literary studies, politics, and
sociology, this book: * Explores the multiple ways in which
personal and collective identities manifest and engage, are
challenged and resisted across time and space.; * Highlights how
the shared history of colonialism and partition, communal violence,
bloodshed and pogrom are instrumental in understanding present-day
developments in identity politics.; * Sheds light on a number of
current themes such as borders and nations, race and ethnicity,
identity politics and fundamentalism, language and regionalism,
memory and community, and resistance and assertion. A key volume in
South Asian Studies, this book will be of great interest to
scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history, politics,
sociology, literary studies and social exclusion.
This book examines Shyam Benegal's films and alternative image(s)
of India in his cinema, and traces the trajectory of changing
aesthetics of his cinema in the post-liberalisation era. The book
engages with the challenges faced by India as a nation-state in
post-colonial times. Looking at hybrid and complex narratives of
films like Manthan, Junoon, Kalyug, Charandas Chor, Sooraj Ka
Satvaan Ghoda, Zubeidaa and Well Done Abba , among others, it
analyses how these stories and characters, adapted and derived from
mythology, folk-tales, historical fiction and novels, are rooted in
the socio-political contexts of modern India. The author explores
diverse themes in Benegal's cinema such as the loss of home and
identity, women's sexuality, and the status of dalits and Muslims
in India. He also focuses on how the filmmaker expertly weaves
history with myth, culture, and contemporary politics and discusses
the debate around the interpretive value of film adaptations,
adaptation of history and the representations of marginalised
communities and liminal spaces. The book will be useful for
students and researchers of film studies, cultural studies, and the
humanities. It will also interest readers of Indian cinema and the
social and cultural history of India.
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