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India of the 1970s and Gulzar’s Construction of Gender: Aandhi as a Case for Indian Women
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Abstract This paper examines the social construction of gender by Gulzar in the film Aandhi and maps it with the cultural and socio-political changes that took place in the country during that era. Aandhi is the first Hindi film that narrates the dilemma of a modern woman politician - a space largely occupie... mehr
This paper examines the social construction of gender by Gulzar in the film Aandhi and maps it with the cultural and socio-political changes that took place in the country during that era. Aandhi is the first Hindi film that narrates the dilemma of a modern woman politician - a space largely occupied by men. Gulzar went against the norms of film making in the seventies and directed a film based on woman politician which broke certain gender stereotypes. Aarti, the female protagonist in the film, wishes to have everything in life at her whims and fancies. She is a non-conformist. She challenges the norms set by society and refuses to become a sandwich between her father’s selfish ambitions and husband’s patriarchal needs.... weniger
Klassifikation
Medieninhalte, Aussagenforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Aandhi; gender; Gulzar; India cinema; Hindi cinema
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 751-761
Zeitschriftentitel
Media Watch, 10 (2019) 3
ISSN
0976-0911
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0