Portrayal of Women in Pakistani Cinema : Portrayal of Pakistani Women in Pakistani cinema(Urdu,Punjabi)1988-1999-a critical evaluation of 12 Years

ISBN-13: 9783659255632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 408 str.

Arshad Ali

Opis

Film is the most popular medium of entertainments. On the other hand the films play a vital role in construction of an organized society. This role becomes more important in a society having low rate of literacy. Thus the medium of film in Pakistan becomes a powerful medium of entertainment. This book shows how Pakistani Women are portrayed In Pakistani Urdu and Punjabi Movie. It is a study of Women portrayal in Pakistani films. The book reveals that The Urdu films are very typical in the sense that they portray the woman from two dimensions only either she is shown as a very pious and chaste lady or she is presented as a prostitute girl.

O autorze

Arshad Ali (M.A. (Pol Sc & Mass Communication), University of the Punjab;Pakistan Ph.D., Bahawalpur University,Pakistan) is Dean of Journalism and Mass Communication at Lahore Garrison University, Lahore. Most of his media experience was as a reporter/news room editor.He wrote 4 research books on Journalism and Mass Communication.