Embodiment of Untouchability: Cinematic Representations of the “Low” Caste Women in India

Ironically, feudal relations and embedded caste based gender exploitation remained intact in a free and democratic India in the post-1947 period. I argue that subaltern is not a static category in India. This article takes up three different kinds of genre/representations of “low” caste women in Ind...

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Main Author: Atwal Jyoti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-12-01
Series:Open Cultural Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0066