TY - JOUR
T1 - Mirror politics : 'Fire', Hindutva and Indian culture
AU - JOHN, Mary E.
AU - NIRANJANA, Tejaswini
N1 - This article also published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 1(2) (2000), 374-379.
PY - 1999/3/6
Y1 - 1999/3/6
N2 - With the immediate danger of a possible ban now behind us, it may be useful to look at 'Fire' more carefully and raise certain questions in the context of the recent controversy and acclaim. Shouldn't we go beyond identifying good and bad images of women to investigate the critique of patriarchy that a film like 'Fire' provides, and the characterisation of the feminist self that it makes available?
AB - With the immediate danger of a possible ban now behind us, it may be useful to look at 'Fire' more carefully and raise certain questions in the context of the recent controversy and acclaim. Shouldn't we go beyond identifying good and bad images of women to investigate the critique of patriarchy that a film like 'Fire' provides, and the characterisation of the feminist self that it makes available?
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/4741
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0012-9976
VL - 34
SP - 581
EP - 584
JO - Economic and Political Weekly
JF - Economic and Political Weekly
IS - 10/11
ER -