Religion in literature and film in South Asia
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Dimitrova, Diana (Hrsg.):
Religion in literature and film in South Asia / ed. by Diana Dimitrova. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xiv, 226 S.
ISBN 978-0-230-62225-8
US$ 80,00 / £ 55,00
DDC: 891.4
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Beschreibung
This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia. [Verlagsinformation]
Inhalt
The Editor. ix
Contributors. xi
Note on Transliteration. xv
1. D. Dimitrova : On Myth and Mythologizing: An Introduction. 1
PART I: RELIGION, MYTH, AND GENDER
2. L. Rosenstein: Seeking God: Narratives and the Spiritual in Amrita Bharati's Work and Hindi Poetry. 23
3. H. Pauwels: Who is Afraid of Mīrābāī: Gulzar's Antidote for Mīrā's Poison. 45
4. D. Dimitrova: Religion and Gender in Bollywood Film. 69
5. P. Srinivasan: The Creative Modern and the Myths of the Goddess Mariyamman. 83
PART II: RELIGION, MYTH, AND POLITICS
6. A. Consolaro: Constructed Religious Feelings and Communal Identities and Religious Discourse in Hamārā śahar us baras by Gītāñjalī Śrī. 95
7. L. Zecchini: Dharma Reconsidered: the Inappropriate Poetry of Arun Kolatkar in Sarpa Satra. 131
8. A. Castaing: From the Otherland to the Divine Land: Exile, Mysticism and Secularism in K.B. Vaid's Dard lā davā. 153
9. C. Joseph: In the Face of Even Lesser Breeds: Reading Nayantara Sahgal with Indian Christians. 171
10. N. Bhatia: Censorship, Social Reform, and Mythological Drama in Colonial India. 191
11. S. Singh: From Kurukṣetra to Rāmarājya: A Comparative Study of the Star Personas of Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. 213
Index. 223
Herausgeberin
DIANA DIMITROVA is Assistant Professor of Hinduism and South Asian Religions at Michigan State University, USA. Faculty profile.
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