Casting the Cast Changing Sensibilities in Malayalam Cinema and the Dalit Question
Casting the Cast Changing Sensibilities in Malayalam Cinema and the Dalit Question

Author: Mohammed Musthafa KP

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2023-02-22

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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Casting the Cast explores how Malayalam commercial cinema which are often advertised as 'popular hits', tend to uphold casteist values either directly or indirectly. The book meticulously unfolds the hidden patterns of casteist operations that are powerful enough to decide the content , perspectival dimensions , and even the cast of the cinema. Also it sheds light to the representational space enjoyed by the politically, socially and even historically marginalized community of India, in the so-called democratic cultural realm of Malayalam cinema.

The Aesthetics of Ugliness in Contemporary Malayalam Cinema
The Aesthetics of Ugliness in Contemporary Malayalam Cinema

Author: Sunitha Srinivas C

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2024-09-27

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1036409376

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Cinema as an aesthetic construct exists in a specific historical and political context, reflecting the society and its aesthetic values. Visual representation of the Ugly, its politics and aestheticization, are deeply rooted in the screen space. Featuring unconventional characters, unembellished visuals, raw and gritty storytelling, the unaesthetic challenges conventional notions of beauty on screen. The physical, psychological, and social manifestations of the ugly are incorporated into the cinematic space through content, theme, physical representations, symbols, setting, dialogue, as well as the camera. Exploring the intricate connection between ugliness and the cinematic medium, the book focuses on identity, gender, and other manifestations of Ugly in contemporary Malayalam cinema. It meticulously analyses the portrayal of ugliness in characters, narratives, and visual aesthetics, thus highlighting societal norms and realities of life. The book is a must-read for film scholars, enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the intersection of aesthetics and storytelling.

Women in Malayalam Cinema
Women in Malayalam Cinema

Author: Meena T. Pillai

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788125038658

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Drawing on contemporary critical theories and academic debates, Women in Malayalam Cinema: Naturalising Gender Hierarchies analyses Malayalam cinema and the question of women from different perspectives. In its focus on woman-cinema interface, as depicted in a century of Malayalam cinema, this book addresses a wide range of themes crucial for a nuanced understanding of Malayalam film culture gender stereotyping, marriage and family, the aftermaths of matriliny, caste and gender relations, hegemonic patriarchy, female friendships and soft porn.

The Diversity Style Guide
The Diversity Style Guide

Author: Rachele Kanigel

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1119055245

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New diversity style guide helps journalists write with authority and accuracy about a complex, multicultural world A companion to the online resource of the same name, The Diversity Style Guide raises the consciousness of journalists who strive to be accurate. Based on studies, news reports and style guides, as well as interviews with more than 50 journalists and experts, it offers the best, most up-to-date advice on writing about underrepresented and often misrepresented groups. Addressing such thorny questions as whether the words Black and White should be capitalized when referring to race and which pronouns to use for people who don't identify as male or female, the book helps readers navigate the minefield of names, terms, labels and colloquialisms that come with living in a diverse society. The Diversity Style Guide comes in two parts. Part One offers enlightening chapters on Why is Diversity So Important; Implicit Bias; Black Americans; Native People; Hispanics and Latinos; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Arab Americans and Muslim Americans; Immigrants and Immigration; Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation; People with Disabilities; Gender Equality in the News Media; Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Suicide; and Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Industry. Part Two includes Diversity and Inclusion Activities and an A-Z Guide with more than 500 terms. This guide: Helps journalists, journalism students, and other media writers better understand the context behind hot-button words so they can report with confidence and sensitivity Explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that certain words can alienate a source or infuriate a reader Provides writers with an understanding that diversity in journalism is about accuracy and truth, not "political correctness." Brings together guidance from more than 20 organizations and style guides into a single handy reference book The Diversity Style Guide is first and foremost a guide for journalists, but it is also an important resource for journalism and writing instructors, as well as other media professionals. In addition, it will appeal to those in other fields looking to make informed choices in their word usage and their personal interactions.

Tamil Cinema
Tamil Cinema

Author: Selvaraj Velayutham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-04-03

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1134154453

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Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It outlines its history and distinctive characteristics, and proceeds to consider a number of important themes such as gender, religion, class, caste, fandom, cinematic genre, the politics of identity and diaspora. Throughout, the book cogently links the analysis to wider social, political and cultural phenomena in Tamil and Indian society. Overall, it is an exciting and original contribution to an under-studied field, also facilitating a fresh consideration of the existing body of scholarship on Indian cinema.

Joothan
Joothan

Author: Omprakash Valmiki

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2008-07-02

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0231503377

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Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a community forced to live at the bottom of India's social pyramid. Although untouchability was abolished in 1949, Dalits continued to face discrimination, economic deprivation, violence, and ridicule. Valmiki shares his heroic struggle to survive a preordained life of perpetual physical and mental persecution and his transformation into a speaking subject under the influence of the great Dalit political leader, B. R. Ambedkar. A document of the long-silenced and long-denied sufferings of the Dalits, Joothan is a major contribution to the archives of Dalit history and a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness.

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim

Author: Mahmood Mamdani

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2005-06-21

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 038551591X

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In this brilliant look at the rise of political Islam, the distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani brings his expertise and insight to bear on a question many Americans have been asking since 9/11: how did this happen? Mamdani dispels the idea of “good” (secular, westernized) and “bad” (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities. The presumption that there are “good” Muslims readily available to be split off from “bad” Muslims masks a failure to make a political analysis of our times. This book argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power, and that the terrorist movement at the center of Islamist politics is an even more recent phenomenon, one that followed America’s embrace of proxy war after its defeat in Vietnam. Mamdani writes with great insight about the Reagan years, showing America’s embrace of the highly ideological politics of “good” against “evil.” Identifying militant nationalist governments as Soviet proxies in countries such as Nicaragua and Afghanistan, the Reagan administration readily backed terrorist movements, hailing them as the “moral equivalents” of America’s Founding Fathers. The era of proxy wars has come to an end with the invasion of Iraq. And there, as in Vietnam, America will need to recognize that it is not fighting terrorism but nationalism, a battle that cannot be won by occupation. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim is a provocative and important book that will profoundly change our understanding both of Islamist politics and the way America is perceived in the world today.

Identity in Crossroad Civilisations
Identity in Crossroad Civilisations

Author: Erich Kolig

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9089641270

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Deze bundel gaat over de vorming van identiteit door het samenspel van etniciteit, nationalisme en de effecten van globalisering. De essays in Crossroad Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia maken de gelaagdheid en de complexiteit hiervan duidelijk.

Ooru Keri (Kannada)
Ooru Keri (Kannada)

Author: Siddalingaiah

Publisher: Sahitya Akademi

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9788126017256

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Ooru (Uru): A Village, A Town. All Non-Dalit Castes-From The Brahmins And The Land-Owning Castes To The Service Castes Like The Barbers-Live In The Ooru, And It Contains The SettlementýS Main Temples. Keri(Kýri): Keri Is The Ward Where The Dalits Live; It Is Separate From The Main Body Of The Village. Keri Also Means A Street. This Book Attempts A New Imaging Of The Dalit Personality.

Filming the Gods
Filming the Gods

Author: Rachel Dwyer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1134380690

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Filming the Gods examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the modern and the traditional in contemporary India is not exotic, but part of everyday life. Concentrating mainly on the Hindi cinema of Mumbai, Bollywood, it also discusses India's other cinemas. Rachel Dwyer's lively discussion encompasses the mythological genre which continues India's long tradition of retelling Hindu myths and legends, drawing on sources such as the national epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana; the devotional genre, which flourished at the height of the nationalist movement in the 1930s and 40s; and the films made in Bombay that depict India's Islamicate culture, including the historical, the courtesan film and the 'Muslim social' genre. Filming the Gods also examines the presence of the religious across other genres and how cinema represents religious communities and their beliefs and practices. It draws on interviews with film stars, directors and producers as well as popular fiction, fan magazines and the films themselves. As a result, Filming the Gods is a both a guide to the study of film in religious culture as well as a historical overview of Indian religious film.