1) New Queer Cinema in India refers to a growing movement of LGBTQ-themed Indian films in recent decades that explore queer narratives and identities more deeply and sensitively.
2) Notable examples include Deepa Mehta's 1996 film "Fire," which examined same-sex desire, and Hansal Mehta's 2016 film "Aligarh," based on the true story of a gay professor.
3) These films often challenge stereotypes and attempt to foster greater understanding and empathy for the LGBTQ community among audiences.
In this presentation there is over view of queer theory and how the standard of queer are seen in the various field like mythology , literature and recent time
In this presentation there is over view of queer theory and how the standard of queer are seen in the various field like mythology , literature and recent time
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The influence of patriarchy in marriages in relation to Chick Lit/feminism
A patriarchal society has been an evil and a hindrance to growth in the past, recent and present times. Marriage in relation to patriarchy has had the extreme effect in a deeper sense. Male dominated societies have subordinated women leaving them less influential with no say at all in the activities and decision-making processes. This topic is appealing as it is a trend I have encountered first hand in my community and family as my basic institution. Women have specific designated duties, which are limited to house chores (Carol and Naomi 12). In my family, my mother is in charge of house chores with kitchen as her central office. My interest in women empowerment motivates me to understand the underlying factors that suppress women growth and development.
Some of my hypotheses for this study include: patriarchal systems affected women’s self-worth in marriages. This is by the fact that men had an upper hand and unquestioned control over everything posing women as less significant. Another hypothesis is that patriarchy lead to break-ups in marriages. This can be supported by the fact that women felt peripheral and secondary reviving the desire to seek for appreciation that motivated many to quit their marriages (Prem 16). Another hypothesis would be that patriarchy costs men in terms of humanity. The absolute power makes them lose the human attributes of humility, care and justice, which a core to a healthy human living (Carol and Naomi 10).Through the exploration of the chick lit materials, one gets a better perspective of how patriarchy marriages affect marriages from the standpoint of women who encounter the effects at most.
Work Cited
Carol, G. & Naomi, S. Why Does Patriarchy Persist? Cambridge: UK, Polity Press. 2018
Prem, C. Contentious Marriages, Eloping Couples: Gender, Castle, and Patriarchy in Northern India. England: UK, Oxford University Press. 2010
Bollywood Cinema’s Global Reach:
Consuming the ‘‘Diasporic
Consciousness’’
Amandeep Takhar
1
, Pauline Maclaran
2
, and Lorna Stevens
3
Abstract
Using the British Sikh community as its research context, this article explores the influence of the Bollywood film genre on what
Vertovic refers to as the ‘‘diasporic consciousness’’ in relation to this community. Bollywood attempts to speak to the diaspora by
conveying a new sense of ‘‘Indian-ness,’’ one that is less about citizenship and more about imagined identity and community. The
authors investigate what they have termed the ‘‘Indian imaginary’’ and how the values embedded therein impact on the lives of
young British Sikhs. The findings discuss three emergent core themes: (1) reaffirming pride in Indian heritage; (2) evoking romance
and longing; and (3) reinforcing family values and a sense of kinship within the British Sikh diaspora. The overall contribution of the
ar.
Challenging Gender Stereotypes through 'Feminist Criticism'.HetalPathak10
This PPT is based on MA Semester 3 presentation on Contemporary Western Studies and Film Studies presented at the Department of English, MKBU. The topic of this presentation is Challenging Gender Stereotypes through 'Feminist Criticism'.
Third Gender Portrayal in Bollywood An Analysis of Sadakijtsrd
Cinema works as a mirror in which the human beings could see the reflection of their lives. It has a power to influence more than any other arm form. Therefore, it is very important to understand how a country, its people and its aspirations are represented in the cinema produced in the country. Mainstream Hindi cinema is the most widely distributed cinema in India. Identity construction is one of the significant issues in Bollywood. Filmmakers in India are trying to step outside the beaten track of traditional Indian themes but there has been no or little allowance for portrayal of transgender people, a subject that is still a taboo in a country where the discourse on sex itself is bound by moral restriction. Portrayal of their life stories and issues in Bollywood has veered between the sarcasm, denial, biased, comic, criminal and stereotyped. It would be interesting to study how Bollywood is portraying transgender people and what changes has their character undergone over the past decades. The research paper will analyse Sadak. The film is chosen because of being one of the first cult Bollywood film about a transgender character. Multi modal discourse analysis will be taken as a tool for analyzing the transgender character in the film. The present research attempts to show the identity construction of a third gender by analyzing select film in Bollywood. The researcher tries to establish the fact that a fair treatment is needed in order to deconstruct the myth of this marginalized section which deciphers their individual role and identity through the lens of sex only. Toyeba Mushtaq | Dr. Aaliya Ahmed "Third Gender Portrayal in Bollywood: An Analysis of Sadak" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd21636.pdf
Impact study on portrayal of Dalit caste in Tamil cinema a content analysis.pdfPugalendhiR
Abstract -Now days movies plays a vital role when it reach to mass people,understanding,and
perception.movie has a noteworthy role in caste, political relation in India.The caste based film in
TamilNadu is mostly based on south side districts. This article explores the picture of caste in Tamil
cinema, one of the regional film industries based in Tamilnadu, South India. Discrimination based
on caste is one of the important and most deep problems in Tamilnadu because it governs one’s
lifestyle, status, profession, and one’s entire life. Besides, it is also the source of disagreement and
discrimination of the people from different castes. Tamil cinema has made many films which impact
with the caste system in Tamil Nadu. There have been numerous concept swings in the portrayal of
caste in the history of Tamil cinema in footings of higher and lower castes, inter-castes, and lowerranking
classes. The researcher has chosen recently released movies : namely called
PariyerumPerumal, Asuran, Karnan. And he as deeply discussed about Dalit roles character and
done content analysis on Portrayal of Dalit Caste in those movies.This paper illustrates the paradigm
changes in portrayal of caste in different Tamil films in different periods of the history of Tamil
cinema and its influence on the Tamil society. Caste is an ancient, cluster that targets people based
on the birth, keeping them in such a strict hierarchy. This phenomena is quietly and imperceptibly
established in the psyches of people of all social classes. As a result, the institute of caste has a longreaching,
unseen influence on various stages of cinema. The study employs a case study approach to
examine various cases of caste's influence on various phases of various films.
Defining the Realities of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Filipino Film ‘Hel...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: This analysis is zeroed in on defining and dissecting the experiences of Overseas Filipino
Workers (OFWs), represented by Joy and Ethan, characters in the Filipino film ‗Hello, Love, Goodbye‘, starred
by Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards, respectively. Furthermore, this paper encompassed a comprehensive
interpretation of Joy and Ethan through an analysis of different elements in the film and where they were parts
of: characters, dialogues, colors, shot and editing techniques, and sound quality. Recommendations for further
analysis were also included to further elaborate how a certain phenomenon can be dissected and represented in a
narrative.
Keywords : ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’, Overseas Filipino Workers, Semiotic Analysis, Signs.
This is a presentation on Plagiarism and Academic Integrity. This presentation will help you to know about to maintain academic honesty and how to avoid plagiarism.
Surname 1
Surname 2
Student’s Name
Course Title
Tutor
Date of submission
The influence of patriarchy in marriages in relation to Chick Lit/feminism
A patriarchal society has been an evil and a hindrance to growth in the past, recent and present times. Marriage in relation to patriarchy has had the extreme effect in a deeper sense. Male dominated societies have subordinated women leaving them less influential with no say at all in the activities and decision-making processes. This topic is appealing as it is a trend I have encountered first hand in my community and family as my basic institution. Women have specific designated duties, which are limited to house chores (Carol and Naomi 12). In my family, my mother is in charge of house chores with kitchen as her central office. My interest in women empowerment motivates me to understand the underlying factors that suppress women growth and development.
Some of my hypotheses for this study include: patriarchal systems affected women’s self-worth in marriages. This is by the fact that men had an upper hand and unquestioned control over everything posing women as less significant. Another hypothesis is that patriarchy lead to break-ups in marriages. This can be supported by the fact that women felt peripheral and secondary reviving the desire to seek for appreciation that motivated many to quit their marriages (Prem 16). Another hypothesis would be that patriarchy costs men in terms of humanity. The absolute power makes them lose the human attributes of humility, care and justice, which a core to a healthy human living (Carol and Naomi 10).Through the exploration of the chick lit materials, one gets a better perspective of how patriarchy marriages affect marriages from the standpoint of women who encounter the effects at most.
Work Cited
Carol, G. & Naomi, S. Why Does Patriarchy Persist? Cambridge: UK, Polity Press. 2018
Prem, C. Contentious Marriages, Eloping Couples: Gender, Castle, and Patriarchy in Northern India. England: UK, Oxford University Press. 2010
Bollywood Cinema’s Global Reach:
Consuming the ‘‘Diasporic
Consciousness’’
Amandeep Takhar
1
, Pauline Maclaran
2
, and Lorna Stevens
3
Abstract
Using the British Sikh community as its research context, this article explores the influence of the Bollywood film genre on what
Vertovic refers to as the ‘‘diasporic consciousness’’ in relation to this community. Bollywood attempts to speak to the diaspora by
conveying a new sense of ‘‘Indian-ness,’’ one that is less about citizenship and more about imagined identity and community. The
authors investigate what they have termed the ‘‘Indian imaginary’’ and how the values embedded therein impact on the lives of
young British Sikhs. The findings discuss three emergent core themes: (1) reaffirming pride in Indian heritage; (2) evoking romance
and longing; and (3) reinforcing family values and a sense of kinship within the British Sikh diaspora. The overall contribution of the
ar.
Challenging Gender Stereotypes through 'Feminist Criticism'.HetalPathak10
This PPT is based on MA Semester 3 presentation on Contemporary Western Studies and Film Studies presented at the Department of English, MKBU. The topic of this presentation is Challenging Gender Stereotypes through 'Feminist Criticism'.
Third Gender Portrayal in Bollywood An Analysis of Sadakijtsrd
Cinema works as a mirror in which the human beings could see the reflection of their lives. It has a power to influence more than any other arm form. Therefore, it is very important to understand how a country, its people and its aspirations are represented in the cinema produced in the country. Mainstream Hindi cinema is the most widely distributed cinema in India. Identity construction is one of the significant issues in Bollywood. Filmmakers in India are trying to step outside the beaten track of traditional Indian themes but there has been no or little allowance for portrayal of transgender people, a subject that is still a taboo in a country where the discourse on sex itself is bound by moral restriction. Portrayal of their life stories and issues in Bollywood has veered between the sarcasm, denial, biased, comic, criminal and stereotyped. It would be interesting to study how Bollywood is portraying transgender people and what changes has their character undergone over the past decades. The research paper will analyse Sadak. The film is chosen because of being one of the first cult Bollywood film about a transgender character. Multi modal discourse analysis will be taken as a tool for analyzing the transgender character in the film. The present research attempts to show the identity construction of a third gender by analyzing select film in Bollywood. The researcher tries to establish the fact that a fair treatment is needed in order to deconstruct the myth of this marginalized section which deciphers their individual role and identity through the lens of sex only. Toyeba Mushtaq | Dr. Aaliya Ahmed "Third Gender Portrayal in Bollywood: An Analysis of Sadak" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd21636.pdf
Impact study on portrayal of Dalit caste in Tamil cinema a content analysis.pdfPugalendhiR
Abstract -Now days movies plays a vital role when it reach to mass people,understanding,and
perception.movie has a noteworthy role in caste, political relation in India.The caste based film in
TamilNadu is mostly based on south side districts. This article explores the picture of caste in Tamil
cinema, one of the regional film industries based in Tamilnadu, South India. Discrimination based
on caste is one of the important and most deep problems in Tamilnadu because it governs one’s
lifestyle, status, profession, and one’s entire life. Besides, it is also the source of disagreement and
discrimination of the people from different castes. Tamil cinema has made many films which impact
with the caste system in Tamil Nadu. There have been numerous concept swings in the portrayal of
caste in the history of Tamil cinema in footings of higher and lower castes, inter-castes, and lowerranking
classes. The researcher has chosen recently released movies : namely called
PariyerumPerumal, Asuran, Karnan. And he as deeply discussed about Dalit roles character and
done content analysis on Portrayal of Dalit Caste in those movies.This paper illustrates the paradigm
changes in portrayal of caste in different Tamil films in different periods of the history of Tamil
cinema and its influence on the Tamil society. Caste is an ancient, cluster that targets people based
on the birth, keeping them in such a strict hierarchy. This phenomena is quietly and imperceptibly
established in the psyches of people of all social classes. As a result, the institute of caste has a longreaching,
unseen influence on various stages of cinema. The study employs a case study approach to
examine various cases of caste's influence on various phases of various films.
Defining the Realities of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Filipino Film ‘Hel...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: This analysis is zeroed in on defining and dissecting the experiences of Overseas Filipino
Workers (OFWs), represented by Joy and Ethan, characters in the Filipino film ‗Hello, Love, Goodbye‘, starred
by Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards, respectively. Furthermore, this paper encompassed a comprehensive
interpretation of Joy and Ethan through an analysis of different elements in the film and where they were parts
of: characters, dialogues, colors, shot and editing techniques, and sound quality. Recommendations for further
analysis were also included to further elaborate how a certain phenomenon can be dissected and represented in a
narrative.
Keywords : ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’, Overseas Filipino Workers, Semiotic Analysis, Signs.
This is a presentation on Plagiarism and Academic Integrity. This presentation will help you to know about to maintain academic honesty and how to avoid plagiarism.
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2. What does mean by new
queer cinema in India?
Table of contents
01
What is queer theory?
02
What is new queer cinema
03 04
Some Indian films that could be
considered part of the New Queer
Cinema movement in India
4. According to M. H. ABRAMS and GEOFFREY GALT HARPHAM
Queer theory is often used to designate the combined area of gay and
lesbian studies, together with the theoretical and critical writings about all
modes of variance—such as cross-dressing, bisexuality, and
transsexuality— from society’s normative model of sexual identity,
orientation, and activities. The term “queer” was originally derogatory,
used to stigmatize male and female same-sex love as deviant and
unnatural; since the early 1990s, however, it has been adopted by gays and
lesbians themselves as a noninvidious term to identify a way of life and an
area for scholarly inquiry. See Teresa de Lauretis, Queer Theory: Lesbian
and Gay Sexualities, 1991; and Annamarie Jagose, Queer Theory: An
Introduction, 1996
6. According to Michele Aaron
New Queer Cinema is the name given to a wave of queer films that
gained critical acclaim on the festival circuit in the early 1990s.
Coined, and largely chronicled, by film theorist B. Ruby Rich, New
Queer Cinema, or NQC represented the exciting prospect that
lesbian and gay images and filmmakers had turned a corner. No
longer burdened by the approval seeking sackcloth of positive
imagery, or the relative obscurity of marginal production, films
could be both radical and popular, stylish and economically viable.
8. 1) Regarding India, while the term "New Queer Cinema" has been primarily associated with
American cinema, there has been a growing interest and visibility of LGBTQ+ themes in
Indian cinema as well.
1) Over the years, there have been notable Indian films that have explored queer narratives
and portrayed LGBTQ+ characters with greater sensitivity and depth.
1) Indian filmmakers and artists have been increasingly exploring the complexities of LGBTQ+
experiences and shedding light on the challenges faced by the community.
1) These films often challenge stereotypes, provide a more nuanced understanding of diverse
identities, and attempt to create empathy and understanding among audiences.
9. Some Indian films that could be
considered part of the New Queer
Cinema movement in India
04
10. 1. "Fire" (1996) - Directed by Deepa Mehta
1. "My Brother... Nikhil" (2005)
1. Bombay Talkies (2013) by Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag
Kashyap.
1. "Aligarh" (2016) - Directed by Hansal Mehta
Some important movies
11. ● The movie Fire (1996) by Deepa Mehta
to investigate the deeper underpinnings
of same sex desire in a patriarchal world
which is at the same time
heteronormative.
● This was one of the first movies in Indian
Cinema to broach such a topic and like
all extraordinary art had to face the ire
of the people and was banned for a long
time. (NARAYAN, SONAM, and Dr.
Reena Mittal.)
1. "Fire" (1996) - Directed by Deepa Mehta
12. "My Brother... Nikhil" (2005)
● My Brother… Nikhil was
the first to have focused
on homosexuality in
India.
● Despite this claim, the
film articulates gay
subjectivity as emerging
from a global, rights-
based perspective, it is
argued. (Ferrão, R.
Benedito.)
14. “Resisting the righteous imperatives of assimilation, acceptance and “balanced”
sociability, queer subjectivity in Bombay Talkies appears to be constructed
through a far more oppositional matrix. In other words, the film takes the
“abnormality” of its queer characters so fully for granted that it does not for
once seek to portray them in unrealistically sympathetic or flattering terms. It
also broadens the discourse of queer representation by exploring hitherto
unchartered themes of “transgender” identity, cross-dressing and the unfixed,
perennially shifting relationship between sexuality and biology. This is especially
significant in the context of mass media representations in India, where the
cross-dresser is invariably a figure of mirth and derision. In effecting these
thoroughgoing departures, Bombay Talkies foregrounds what I provisionally
term a negative aesthetic, one that conceptualizes queerness as a locus of
radical, reterritorializing difference rather than rehabilitative sameness.
(Sameer Chopra )
16. Hansal Mehta, the director and Apurva Asrani brings forth the story of
Professor Siras on the Indian cine screen working delicately on the issue of
homosexuality and the struggle the professor has to go through, to get his
repute and job as a professor back at the university.
This movie is a mirror of Indian society and shows the mindset of the people of
our society be it the highly-educated university authorities, learned professors,
readers and scholars of the university or the common people of the society. (
Pandya, Digvijay, and Pavitar Parkash Singh.)
17. Aaron, Michele, editor. New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader. Edinburgh University Press, 2004. Accessed 29 July
2023.
Abrams, M.H., and Geoffrey Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage Learning, 2012. Accessed 29 July 2023.
Chopra, Sameer. “Towards a ‘Negative Aesthetic’: Bombay Talkies and The Queer Futures of Popular Hindi Cinema.”
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, vol. 9, no. 1, 2017, doi:10.21659/rupkatha.v9n1.18.
Ferrão, R. Benedito. “Gay Globalization via Goa in My Brother… Nikhil.” Journal of Creative Communications, vol. 6,
no. 1–2, 2011, pp. 141–147, doi:10.1177/0973258613499217.
Work Cited
18. NARAYAN, SONAM, and Dr. Reena Mittal. “Deepa Mehta’s Fire: An exploration into possibilities
of alternative love.” IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), vol. 27,
no. 1, 2022, pp. 64-65, https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.27-Issue1/Ser-
1/J2701016465.pdf.
Pandya, Digvijay, and Pavitar Parkash Singh. “Hansal Mehta's Aligarh: A Critical Study Of
Queerness In The Socio-Political Backdrop.” Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Resultsehta's
Aligarh: A Critical Study Of Queerness In The Socio-Political Backdrop January 2023, vol. 13,
no. 9, 2022.