scholarly journals DEVI TO DIVA - A TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY PORTRAYING WOMEN IN MAINSTREAM BOLLYWOOD

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Keyword(s):  
Major Influence ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Indian Cinema ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
Hindi Cinema ◽  
The Way

Bollywood is a major influence on Indian culture. It has shaped and expressed the changing scenarios of modern India .Hindi cinema has influenced the way in which people recognize various aspects of their own lives. Hindi cinema is largely been about stereotypes. The characters, situations and plots have been largely based on stereotypical ideologies. The audience reads the characters based on how they look, dress and talk. Over the years Indian cinema has portrayed women being ‘ The Satti Savitri, The Abla Nari ,The Sanskari ,The Wamp, to The Item Girls ,The Trophies ,The Bold beautiful and empathetic to The Ridiculed Modern women. “The paper begins with how bollywood is instrumental in shaping the culture and how it sketches womanhood. It also undertakes some glimpses from popular films to analyze the process of typecasting. A section is dedicated to the discussion on modern realistic women. In conclusion, a debate ensues on whether the mainstream cinema has been successful in portraying Indian women of different shades in a society dominated by patriarchal values.

scholarly journals STEREOTYPING WOMEN IN INDIAN CINEMA

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (43) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Vatika Sibal Bassi
Keyword(s):  
Women Characters ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Mass Consumption ◽  
Indian Cinema ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
Feminist Film ◽  
Hindi Cinema ◽  
Representations Of Women

Cinema is believed to entertain, to take the viewer to a world that is different from the real one, a world which provides escape from the daily grind of life. Cinema is a popular media of mass consumption which plays a key role in moulding opinions, constructing images and reinforcing dominant cultural values. The paper deals with representations of women characters in mainstream Bollywood movies. Women constitute fifty per cent of the population and hence their portrayal on screen is crucial in determining the stereotypes that exist in the society. The paper begins with a discussion on the field of feminist film criticism and how mainstream Hindi Cinema has restricted itself to defined sketches of womanhood. It also undertakes some glimpses from popular films to analyze this process of stereotyping. Cinema is always constructed from the male view point. In conclusion, a debate ensues on whether mainstream Hindi cinema has been successful in portraying Indian women of different shades in a society dominated by patriarchal values.

Modern Chicago Blues: Delta Retentions

2018 ◽  
pp. 187-204
Author(s):  
Jim O’Neal
Keyword(s):  
Major Influence ◽  
Primary Basis ◽  
The Way

This chapter discusses the retentions of the Delta blues in modern Chicago blues today and the new status of Mississippi vs. Chicago in the blues world. The blues of the Delta was a major influence on the way blues developed in Chicago in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the great blues artists of that period were either born in the Delta or were performing there before they came to Chicago. The songs of these men are still carried on in the repertoires of almost every blues band working in Chicago today. However, Chicago blues has changed over the years as it has incorporated other musical trends. Whereas Delta blues was at one time the primary basis of Chicago blues, it is now just one of several elements that make up the modern Chicago sound.

John Sayles

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Shumway
Keyword(s):  
Personal Style ◽  
John Sayles ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
Critical Realist ◽  
Human World ◽  
The Way

John Sayles is the very paradigm of the contemporary independent filmmaker. By raising much of the funding for his films himself, Sayles functions more independently than most directors, and he has used his freedom to write and produce films with a distinctive personal style and often clearly expressed political positions. From The Return of the Secaucus Seven to Sunshine State, his films have consistently expressed progressive political positions on issues including race, gender, sexuality, class, and disability. This book examines the defining characteristic of Sayles' cinema: its realism. Positing the filmmaker as a critical realist, the book explores Sayles' attention to narrative in critically acclaimed and popular films such as Matewan, Eight Men Out, Passion Fish, and Lone Star. The study also details the conditions under which Sayles' films have been produced, distributed, and exhibited, affecting the way in which these films have been understood and appreciated. In the process, the book presents Sayles as a teacher who tells historically accurate stories that invite audiences to consider the human world they all inhabit.

scholarly journals GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S POWER IN AMERICAN INDIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE IN ZITKALA-SA'S SHORT STORIES

Humanus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Olga Anneke Rorintulus
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
American Indian Women ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Women's Power ◽  
Indian Childhood

This article intends to reveal gender equality and women’s power in American Indian traditional culture before they were assimilated in white American society in the late nineteenth century as reflected in Zitkala-Sa’s short stories, Impressions of an Indian Childhood, The Soft Hearted Sioux and A Warrior Daughter. This study is a qualitative research that applies feminist literary approach which uses liberal feminist theory for the data analysis. This study shows that American Indian women enjoyed gender equality in traditional American Indian culture that had complementary gender relation. American Indian women had power and equal rights to be warriors and leaders in their society.Keywords: gender role, American Indian women, complimentary relation.KESETARAAN GENDER DAN KUASA PEREMPUAN DALAM BUDAYA TRADISIONAL INDIAN AMERIKA DALAM CERITA-CERITA PENDEK ZITKALA-SA AbstrakArtikel ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan kesetaraan gender dan kuasa perempuan Indian Amerika dalam budaya tradisional masyarakat Indian Amerika sebelum mereka mengalami program asimilasi yang bertujuan untuk menyatukan masyarakat Indian Amerika dengan masyarakat kulit putih di akhir abad ke-19 seperti yang terefleksi dalam cerita pendek Zitkala-Sa, Impressions of an Indian Childhood,The Soft Hearted Sioux  dan A Warrior Daughter. Artikel ini ditulis dengan mengunakan metode kualitatif dan menerapkan pendekatan kajian feminisme sastra dengan teori feminisme liberal. Hasil dari analisa ini menunjukkan bahwa perempuan Indian Amerika telah menikmati kesetaraan gender dalam budaya tradisional Indian Amerika yang memiliki relasi gender yang saling melengkapi dan mereka memiliki kuasa dan hak yang setara dengan laki laki Indian Amerika untuk menjadi prajurit dan pemimpin dalam masyarakat Indian Amerika.Kata kunci: peran gender, Perempuan Indian Amerika, relasi setara

scholarly journals Attitude of Organic and Inorganic Farmers on Indian Culture – A Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. V. Gurumoorthy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Group Living ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

Culture is the reflection of customs, belief, knowledge, art, etc of an individual or a group living in a society. Culture was learnt or formed through socialization. It is considered as a set of knowledge passed on over time. Different cultures serves as a form of guideline or base for the behavior or code of conduct for its followers, thus in a way influenced the way of thinking and acting. Expressive forms involved in a culture like art, rituals, customs are also a representation of a particular set of people. Various civilizations from across the globe practiced or created different cultures which were passed on the next generations. Farming community in general has practiced culture involving safeguarding women, worshipping nature etc. The present study deals with the opinion of organic and inorganic farmers on Indian culture, safeguarding and protecting women, influence of western culture on youngsters and western culture penetration.

Unruly Cinema

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rini Battacharya Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Film Industry ◽  
First Century ◽  
Art Cinema ◽  
Popular Cinema ◽  
Indian Cinema ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hindi Cinema ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Systematic Exposition

Unruly Cinema is a meta-history of Indian cinema’s emergence and growth in correspondence with the colonial, postcolonial, and the neoliberal state. Indian popular cinema has grown steadily from the largest national film industry to a global cultural force. Between 1931 and 2000, Indian cinema overcame Hollywood’s domination of the Indian market, crafted a postcolonial national aesthetic, resisted the high modernist pull of art cinema, and eventually emerged as a seamless extension of India’s neoliberal ambitions. The major agent of these four shifts was a section of the Hindi cinema produced in Bombay, which came to be named and marketed as Bollywood in the twenty-first century. Through a systematic exposition of four historical periods, this book shows how Bollywood’s current dominance is an unlikely result of unruliness, that is, of a disorganized defiance of norms. Perpetually caught between an apathetic and adversarial government and an undefined public, Indian commercial cinema has thrived simply by defying control or normalization. The aesthetic turns of this cinema are guided by counter-effects, often unintended and always unruly.

SOCIAL INNOVATION IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POST COVID -19: A STUDY OF UNORGANISED SECTOR WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MSME’s TOY CLUSTERS IN M.P.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-151
Author(s):  
Rajeev Kumar Gupta ◽  
◽  
Dr Sudheesh B ◽  
Dr Sangeeta Jauhari
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
School Children ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Money Transfer

This study is dedicated to Indian women`s mother`s day, who is representing unorganized sectors yet dedicated indirectly to revive the Indian economy since civilizations developed on blue planet, POST COVID -19, Pandemic brought changes in entrepreneurship strategies, eradicate hunger, poverty etc. not for means of profit for survival also bring harmony among Indian human society. Under post pandemic scenario, she presents herself as brand ambassador of her skills. So she needs to volunteer herself. As school children currently reeling under monotony and boredom due to uncertain lockdown at home, no physical activities during this period .So need to lure school children towards traditional toys also Indian Government also take initiatives to boost the morale of unorganized women artisans, wooden & mechanical ,electronic toys technicians, hand and machine manufacturing toys workers poses individually as new startup entrepreneurs by registering themselves under women start incubators MSME`S .Recently Government of India gave permission to form toy clusters at tehsils, district, village level, in order to revive economy & encounter dragon toys ,boost global exports from Local to Global, in order enhance Indian GDP through participation in virtual Global Markets. In nut shell, saving and honing the skills & selling the handmade toys, ecofriendly colors symbolize traditional Indian culture through E-Commerce, Virtual market (VM). As distribution of kits, money transfer into skilled migratory workers bank account by government is not a permanent solution. So need arises to save toy craftsmen, skilled technicians as a link between global customers & rural skilled women played significant role asentrepreneurs to sell their products from home through EPCS sponsored, INDIAN TOY show virtually “NAMASTE INDIA “held in Singapore virtually, through social women entrepreneurs successfully displaying their hand made products in World Trade Centre (WTC) in Washington, New york city with kind help from FIEO, Indian Embassy etc.

South Indian Cinema

2020 ◽  
pp. 303-313
Author(s):  
Krishna Sankar Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Indian Cinema ◽  
Philosophical Interpretation ◽  
South Indian ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hindi Cinema ◽  
Southern Film

Cinema scholars often refer to Hindi cinema as Indian cinema. India has diverse languages, cultures, and a long history of Cinema of its own. Regional cinema in numbers, as well as quality, competes with any cinema in the world. The study is an attempt to present the case of five film industries in the southern part of India, which includes Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tulu language films. The southern film industries is theorized as 'South Indian cinema' as they share similar features, yet each one of them is unique. South Indian cinema has often been looked down upon as it is cheap and vulgar. The research also explores the gender dimensions in both the industry as well as on-screen presentation. This chapter aims to provide a theoretical and philosophical interpretation of South Indian cinema.

scholarly journals Learning from The Mahabharata For an Anew Contemporary Political Understanding

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
K C Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Tenth Century ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Indian Languages ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Philosophical Literature ◽  
Cultural Milieu ◽  
Special Place ◽  
Political Understanding ◽  
The Way

The Indian Spiritual Epic, the Mahabharata, is a precise write up of Indian mythology of yesteryears and the way social life was led by the top Statesmen who were at the helm of all societal affairs. The Indian Holy Scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, the socio-philosophical- literature of the Indian Socio-Cultural Milieu, also find special place within the Mahabharata in the format ‘Special Dialogue’, otherwise can be quoted as Spiritual Discourse. This literary work originally composed in Sanskrit, the Mother of all Indian Languages, sometime between 400 BC and 400 AD is set in a legendary era thought to relate to the period of Indian culture and history approximately during the tenth century BC.

Pictures, Emotions, Conceptual Change

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imke Rajamani
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Conceptual Change ◽  
Negotiation Of Meaning ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
National Ideology ◽  
Hindi Cinema ◽  
Political Iconography ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
Conceptual Meaning

The article advocates the importance of studying conceptual meaning and change in modern mass media and highlights the significance of conceptual intermediality. The article first analyzes anger in Hindi cinema as an audiovisual key concept within the framework of an Indian national ideology. It explores how anger and the Indian angry young man became popularized, politicized, and stereotyped by popular films and print media in India in the 1970s and 1980s. The article goes on to advocate for extending conceptual history beyond language on theoretical grounds and identifies two major obstacles in political iconography: the methodological subordination of visuals to language in the negotiation of meaning, and the distinction of emotion and reason by assigning them functionally to different sign systems.

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