Gendered Modernity and Indian Cinema: The Women in Satyajit Ray's Films

ISBN-13: 9781032048468 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 124 str.

Devapriya Sanyal

Opis

This book analyses the role of women in the films one of the leading filmmakers of the ‘Third World’ in the 1950s, Satyajit Ray, a national icon in filmmaking in India.

Spis treści

Introduction: Satyajit Ray: Nation, Modernity and Gender Chapter I: Searching for Antecedents: Feminine Portrayals in Literature and Cinema Chapter II: The Receding Mother Figure: Pather Panchali (Sarbojaya), Devi (Doyamoyee), Kanchenjhunga (Anima and Labanya), Aranyer Din Ratri (Joya) Chapter III: Transgressors – Charulata (Charulata), Ghare Baire (Bimala), Pikoo (Seema) Chapter IV: Moral Beacons: Nayak (Aditi), Aranyer Din Ratri (Aparna), Seemabaddha (Tutul) Chapter V: The New Woman: Mahanagar (Arati), Samapti (Mrinmoyee), Kanchenjunga (Monisha), Kapurush (Karuna) Chapter VI: The Amoral Woman – Pratidwandi (Sutapa), Jana Aranya (Kauna and the prostitutes) Chapter VII: Women on the Periphery: Apur Sansar (Aparna), Abhijan (Gulabi and Neeli), Ashani Sanket (Ananga), Shatranj ke Khiladi (the wives) and the Last Trilogy Conclusion: Satyajit Ray and Art Cinema: The Issue of Agency.

O autorze

Devapriya Sanyal is Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for Women’s Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and the Indian Council of Social Science Research.