Dalit Representation in Popular Hindi Cinema

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-49002-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

This book explores the dynamics of caste in Bollywood and popular Hindi cinema through an examination of the representation of Dalits since the 1930s.

Drawing on critical textual analysis and historical analyses of a number of key films, the author argues that popular Hindi cinema corroborates in the construction, naturalisation, and dissemination of Dalit stereotypes in line with the dominant culture, on the one hand, and ignores the Dalit history of struggle against caste discrimination, on the other hand. The book maps the evolution of Dalit representation from the 1930s to the 2000s. In doing so, it addresses the continuity and shifts in their portrayals and explores the linkages between the cinematic representation of Dalits and real- world power structures.

This book will be of interest to scholars and students working in film studies, film history, cultural politics, sociology, and cultural studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chauhan, Vishal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction

Part I - Decoding Dalit Stereotypes in Popular Hindi Cinema (1930s-1980s)

Chapter Two: A Tale of an Untouchable Girl

Chapter Three: A Noble Born and a Black Princess in New India

Chapter Four: Some (Non) Angry Men

Part II -Dalit Lives as Cinema

Chapter Five: Two Devis Goddesses

Chapter Six: A Mountain Man

Part III -Dalit Representation in New Millennia

Chapter Seven: Old Wine in New Bottle?

Chapter Eight: Loving the Dalit Body

Part IV - New Millennium, New Dalit Hero

Chapter Nine: Dalit Nayak: The Rising

Chapter Ten: Dalit Nayak: The Protest

Part V -Conclusion

Chapter Eleven: The Show Must Go On!

Über Autor(innen)

Vishal Chauhan is Professor of History at PGDAV College, University of Delhi. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research focuses on the intersectionalities of Dalit representations, cultural politics, and power discourses. He is currently a recipient of a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his postdoctoral project ‘De- coding Dalit Representation in OTT Web Series and amongst Its Audience’ (2025–2028), which is based at Birmingham City University, UK.