Thematizations of the Goddess in South Asian Cinema
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| Title: | Thematizations of the Goddess in South Asian Cinema |
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| Description: | This collection presents cross-disciplinary explorations of the tropes, themes and representational frameworks constellating around the figure of the Goddess in South Asian cinema. It critically approaches the Goddess theme in various genres of South Asian cinema, using analytical tools culled from gender studies, comparative cultural studies, and religious studies, as well as film semiotics. The films discussed here represent variegated thematizations of the Goddess across regions in South Asia, including Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and various geo-cultural locations in India.As the volume highlights the regional and politico-cultural differences and commonalities in representational schemes between South Asian films of different genres through the Goddess motif, it will appeal to scholars of film studies, South Asian studies and comparative religion, and will hold a special appeal for those interested in Goddess cultures and theology. |
| Authors: | Anway Mukhopadhyay, Editor, Shouvik Narayan Hore, Editor |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Gods in motion pictures, Motion pictures--South Asia--History |
| Categories: | PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This collection presents cross-disciplinary explorations of the tropes, themes and representational frameworks constellating around the figure of the Goddess in South Asian cinema. It critically approaches the Goddess theme in various genres of South Asian cinema, using analytical tools culled from gender studies, comparative cultural studies, and religious studies, as well as film semiotics. The films discussed here represent variegated thematizations of the Goddess across regions in South Asia, including Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and various geo-cultural locations in India.As the volume highlights the regional and politico-cultural differences and commonalities in representational schemes between South Asian films of different genres through the Goddess motif, it will appeal to scholars of film studies, South Asian studies and comparative religion, and will hold a special appeal for those interested in Goddess cultures and theology. |
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| ISBN: | 9781527591226 9781527591233 |
