| ISBN13: | 9781032490021 |
| ISBN10: | 10324900211 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 308 pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 19 Illustrations, black & white; 19 Halftones, black & white |
| 700 |
Dalit Representation in Popular Hindi Cinema
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This book explores the dynamics of caste in Bollywood and popular Hindi cinema, via an examination of the representation of Dalits since the 1930s.
This book explores the dynamics of caste in Bollywood and popular Hindi cinema, via an examination of the representation of Dalits since the 1930s.
Drawing on critical textual analysis and historical analyses of a number of key films, the author argues that popular Hindi cinema corroborates in the construction, naturalisation, and dissemination of Dalit stereotypes in line with the dominant culture, on the one hand, and ignores the Dalit history of struggle against caste discrimination, on the other. The book maps the evolution of Dalit representation from the 1930s to the 2000s. In doing so, it addresses the continuity and shifts in their portrayals and explores the linkages between the cinematic representation of Dalits and real-world power structures.
This book will be of interest to scholars and students working in film studies, film history, cultural politics, sociology, and cultural studies.
Chapter One: Introduction
Part I - Decoding Dalit Stereotypes in Popular Hindi Cinema (1930s-1980s)
Chapter Two: A Tale of an Untouchable Girl
Chapter Three: A Noble Born and a Black Princess in New India
Chapter Four: Some (Non) Angry Men
Part II -Dalit Lives as Cinema
Chapter Five: Two Devis Goddesses
Chapter Six: A Mountain Man
Part III -Dalit Representation in New Millennia
Chapter Seven: Old Wine in New Bottle?
Chapter Eight: Loving the Dalit Body
Part IV -Dalit Representation in New Millennia
Chapter Nine: Dalit Nayak: The Rising
Chapter Ten: Dalit Nayak: The Protest
Part V -Conclusion
Chapter Eleven: The Show Must Go On!
