Hindi cinema and its other Rekhari, Suneeti 2011, Hindi cinema and its other, in Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference from Research Unit in Film Culture and Theory, Monash University, [Monash University], [Melbourne, Vic.]. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Hindi cinema and its other Author(s) Rekhari, Suneeti Conference name World Cinema Now : Research Unit in Film Culture and Theory, Monash University Biennial Conference (2nd : 2011 : Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Vic. Conference dates 27 – 29 Sep. 2011 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference from Research Unit in Film Culture and Theory, Monash University Editor(s) [unknown] Publication date 2011 Publisher [Monash University] Place of publication [Melbourne, Vic.] Keyword(s) Indian cinema Summary  Wider understandings of popular, commercial Hindi (Indian) cinema centre on discourses surrounding the ‘Bollywood’ machine. In these discussions, a critical exploration of Adivasi (Indigenous) representation in Hindi cinema is often left unexplored. Popular Hindi cinema as a World Cinema exerts tremendous influence in India, and indeed South Asia. However, it continues to provide essentialist representations of Adivasi communities in India. This paper discusses some of these representations in commercial Hindi cinema, by looking at examples of film texts with Adivasi characters. It also examines the difficulties involved in cinematic representations which are blind to multiple identities within the nation-state, in this case, how Adivasis are constructed within popular Hindi cinema as the ‘Other’, to an already existing ‘Other’ subaltern (Indian) mass. This paper additionally explores some examples of how, rather than be ‘swamped’ by Hindi film’s cultural dominance, local audiences, particularly in Adivasi communities, are negotiating with it to their advantage. It is in these peripheral and under-represented communities, that local media traditions are blending with popular Hindi cinema to produce creative results. How such results are re-invigorating the Adivasi film and music industries is examined. Language eng Field of Research 200212 Screen and Media Culture 200202 Asian Cultural Studies Socio Economic Objective 950204 The Media HERDC Research category E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed HERDC collection year 2011 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30040324 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Institute of Koorie Education NIKERI Institute Related Links Link Description Connect to conference website Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 02 Dec 2011, 10:54:03 EST Thu, 08 Dec 2011, 14:56:08 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 134 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 02 Dec 2011, 10:53:45 EST by Suneeti Rekhari

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