The politics of the representation of Christian women characters in select Hindi films

Title

The politics of the representation of Christian women characters in select Hindi films

Creator

Mathew R.S.

Description

This research will attempt to understand the politics of the representation of Christian women characters in Hindi films, Julie, and Bobby from a postcolonial feminist lens. This paper studies the portrayal of Christian women characters as westernized and common in Hindi films. To prove this argument, a postcolonial feminist approach with the theories of Partha Chatterjees idea of the role of nationalism in the representation of the westernized and common women; Gopal Gurus argument of the exclusion of the minorities from the mainstream imagination of the nation, and Diana Dimitrovas discourse of Otherism will be used. This research implies that the minority Christian women characters as the lead heroines in Hindi films are typecasted into the roles of immoral, sexually alluring, and unchaste woman who through her association with the Hindu hero poses a threat to the purity of Hindu dharma and hence the majoritarian idea of Indianness. 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Source

Continuum, Vol-35, No. 2, pp. 314-328.

Date

2021-01-01

Publisher

Routledge

Subject

bobby; Christian women characters; hindi films; julie; postcolonial feminism

Coverage

Mathew R.S., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 10304312

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2021.1889974

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