De Stereotyping Indian Body And Desire
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De stereotyping Indian Body and Desire
Author | : Kaustav Chakraborty |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2014-03-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781443857437 |
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Stereotypes result in deceptive generalizations about groups and are held in a manner that renders them as derogatory. As such, this volume advocates an active, goal-oriented effort in order to reduce prejudice through contact. Deconstructing the motivated ‘otherizing’ of the marginalized, the book offers an alternative reading of the representations of Indian body and desire, in both literature and media, that are often politically inscribed as ‘abnormal’ and ‘unnatural’ due to their non-conformity. Poststructural and postcolonial theories have argued that the body is a cultural construct rather than a natural entity. This argument is based on the assumption that there is no unalloyed body with any singular signification, but there are bodies onto which a multiplicity of meanings are inscribed and enforced. The responsibility of this ‘inscription’ lies with the agencies that hold power in a culture, and the infused meanings will consequently facilitate the ideologies of such agencies. In other words, the bodies of a certain culture are the ‘embodiment’ of the ideas of those who hold power in that culture. The corporality of the body, in this sense, is a cultural site in which the subtle political ideologies are deftly imposed, and, accordingly, ‘correct’ and ‘sanctioned’ desire is expected to germinate. Consequently, it may be argued that apparently unified or non-contradictory bodies of ‘normal’ desire should be suspected of having subtle hegemonic mechanisms in their formation. As a corollary to this, an investigation into such ‘abnormal’ bodies with ‘unnatural’ desires may have the effect of subverting such a power structure. Today’s world believes in de-stereotyped thinking and stereotyped living. Language has already been declared as a means more of camouflage than of revelation. As a result, there is a need to deconstruct the so-called ‘radical’ representations and expose the undercurrent of the norm. Otherization through stereotyping agencies and ideologies motivates racist, sexist and other de-humanizing positions and perspectives. This book, which is the outcome of the UGC-sponsored National Seminar organised by the Department of English at Southfield College, Darjeeling, is an endeavour to demystify the politics behind stereotyping, and to advocate the justification of de-stereotyping. As such, it represents a significant contribution to numerous disciplines including subaltern studies, women and gender studies, queer studies and minority discourse.
Deconstructing the Stereotype Reconsidering Indian Culture Literature and Cinema
Author | : Kaustav Chakraborty |
Publsiher | : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag) |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2014-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783954892402 |
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Stereotypes are mere 'pictures in our heads'. Prejudice and suspicion against all that is perceived of as ‘different’ give rise to cultural stereotypes. Creating stereotypes also involves connecting the created categories with values, equipping the categories with an ideational label. Thus, stereotypes often contain the presupposition that one’s own group represents the normal, or even universal and that one’s own culture and ist socially construed concepts of reality is superior and normative in relation to other cultures and world-views. The stereotypes are not just one person’s private attitude but are always shared with a larger socio-cultural group. Stereotypes result in simplifications that prevent people from seeing the ‘otherized’ individuals as they truly are. This book, aims at transgressing the boundaries of the strategically generated stereotyped image of a homogenous Indian culture. Rather, by highlighting the marginalised issues related to class, caste and gender, this book, by citing examples of select Indian literary and cinematic representations, argues that the stigma related to the non-conformist /alternative/minority identities, is baseless and fraudulent.
Gender Place and Identity of South Asian Women
Author | : Pourya Asl, Moussa |
Publsiher | : IGI Global |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2022-04-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781668436288 |
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In the past century, South Asia underwent fundamental cultural, social, and political changes as many countries progressed from colonial dominations through nationalist movements to independence. These transformations have been intricately bound up with the spatiality of social life in the region, drawing further attention to the significance of social spaces within transformative politics and identity formations. Gender, Place, and Identity of South Asian Women studies contemporary literature of South Asian women with a focus on gender, place, and identity. It contributes to the debate on gender identity and equality, spatial and social justice, women empowerment, marginalization, and anti-discrimination measures. Covering topics such as partition memory narrative, spatial mobility, and diasporic women’s lives, this book is an essential resource for students and educators of higher education, researchers, activists, government officials, business leaders, academicians, feminist organizations, sociologists, and researchers.
Hi Stories of Desire
Author | : Rajeev Kumaramkandath,Sanjay Srivastava |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2020-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108494410 |
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Draws upon multi-disciplinary frameworks of analysis to provide an account of the making of sexual cultures in modern India.
Woman Body Desire in Post Colonial India
Author | : Jyoti Puri |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781135962654 |
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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Mythmaking across Boundaries
Author | : Züleyha Çetiner-Öktem |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781443892469 |
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This volume explores the dynamics of myths throughout time and space, along with the mythmaking processes in various cultures, literatures and languages, in a wide range of fields, ranging from cultural studies to the history of art. The papers brought together here are motivated by two basic questions: How are myths made in diverse cultures and literatures? And, do all different cultures have different myths to be told in their artistic pursuits? To examine these questions, the book offers a wide array of articles by contributors from various cultures which focus on theory, history, space/ place, philosophy, literature, language, gender, and storytelling. Mythmaking across Boundaries not only brings together classical myths, but also contemporary constructions and reconstructions through different cultural perspectives by transcending boundaries. Using a wide spectrum of perspectives, this volume, instead of emphasising the different modes of the mythmaking process, connects numerous perceptions of mythmaking and investigates diversities among cultures, languages and literatures, viewing them as a unified whole. As the essays reflect on both academic and popular texts, the book will be useful to scholars and students, as well as the general reader.
Deconstructing the Stereotype Reconsidering Indian Culture Literature and Cinema
Author | : Kaustav Chakraborty |
Publsiher | : diplom.de |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783954897407 |
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Stereotypes are mere 'pictures in our heads'. Prejudice and suspicion against all that is perceived of as ‘different’ give rise to cultural stereotypes. Creating stereotypes also involves connecting the created categories with values, equipping the categories with an ideational label. Thus, stereotypes often contain the presupposition that one’s own group represents the normal, or even universal and that one’s own culture and ist socially construed concepts of reality is superior and normative in relation to other cultures and world-views. The stereotypes are not just one person’s private attitude but are always shared with a larger socio-cultural group. Stereotypes result in simplifications that prevent people from seeing the ‘otherized’ individuals as they truly are. This book, aims at transgressing the boundaries of the strategically generated stereotyped image of a homogenous Indian culture. Rather, by highlighting the marginalised issues related to class, caste and gender, this book, by citing examples of select Indian literary and cinematic representations, argues that the stigma related to the non-conformist /alternative/minority identities, is baseless and fraudulent.
Down with Stereotypes
Author | : Andrée Michel |
Publsiher | : UNESCO |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : UOM:39015012888452 |
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