Kurian, Alka,  1963- <br/><br/>
Narratives of gendered dissent in South Asian cinemas  [electronic resource] / 
Alka Kurian. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2012. 
 - xiv, 195 p. :  ill. 
 - Routledge advances in film studies ;  12 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203128091 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--Social aspects--South Asia.<br/>Motion pictures--Political aspects--South Asia.<br/>Motion pictures--Religious aspects--South Asia.<br/>Women in motion pictures.<br/>Feminism and motion pictures.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1993.5.A753  / K87 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.23/430954