C Clini
Biographic Data
| ID | 41333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Clini |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Clini |
| SIGNATURE | CLINI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0841-9714 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Researching postcolonial memory: Creativity and participation in contexts of colonialism and the British South Asian diaspora
This article sets out methodological principles for conducting postcolonial memory studies research. Pasts associated with colonialism and their contemporary social articulation can be empirically challenging for several reasons, including their uncertain, often inarticulable, contradictory, and painful nature, which materialise in social research encounters. To navigate such challenges, we argue for the value and application of creative methodol…
A Politics of One's Own: Leisure, Belonging and Momentary Self-Exclusion among British Bangladeshi Women in East London
This article investigates how leisure activities inform identification processes among British Bangladeshi Muslim women in Tower Hamlets, London. Focusing on women-only events organised in community centres that cater to British Bangladeshi women, we explore the significance of these spaces in the negotiation and maintenance of identity and community. Based on a two-year ethnography conducted as part of the research project Migrant Memory and Pos…
Partition at 75: Reflections on migrant memories in the British South Asian diaspora
In 2017, the 70th anniversary of the Partition of British India was widely discussed in the UK, not only within academic and cultural circles, but also in popular culture. Five years later, on the 75th anniversary of Partition, the scholarly, cultural and community interest in the events of 1947 intersected with the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of the South Asian population from Uganda, and the 70th anniversary of the L…
Introduction - Partition and the South Asian diaspora: Exploring (Inherited) Memories and Creative Practices of Remembering
This short piece introduces the special issue ‘Partition and the South Asian diaspora: exploring (inherited) memories and creative practices of remembering’. This issue was conceived at the juncture of intersecting commemorations of key historical events–1947 Partition of British India, 1971 Bangladesh independence and 1972 exodus from Uganda–in South Asia and its diasporas. By bringing together articles focused on practices of commemorating thes…
Bollywood and slum tours: Poverty tourism and the Indian cultural industry
An article published on India Outlook in July 2019 stated that Dharavi, Mumbai’s biggest slum, has now beaten the Taj Mahal as the most popular tourist destination in India, having “received a push by Hollywood and Indian films alike” (2019). Following Hesmondalgh’s observation that cultural industries reflect the inequalities of capitalist societies (2007), we examine precisely the relationship between poverty tours, cinema and Bollywood as a cu…
The cultural industries of India: An introduction
No abstract available
Migration, Arts and the Negotiation of Belonging: An analysis of creative practices within British Asian communities in London and Loughborough
This article analyses the engagement in cultural and creative practices of people of South Asian heritage in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London and in Loughborough, East Midlands. Both locations are home to a number of community groups engaged in creative and cultural activities and, by focusing on selected case studies, we argue that the arts play a key role in maintaining and claiming South Asian heritage/s in Britain. Comparing these two s…
Introduction – South Asian Diasporas and (imaginary) homelands: Why representations still matter
This special issue of South Asian Diaspora explores how films, literature, photography and social media construct and re-present narratives of homelands and diasporas, as well as investigating the ways which these same narratives are disseminated, appropriated and/or challenged in relation to recent political developments in South Asia and in the diaspora. By focusing on a spectrum of different media of communications, the articles collected in t…
Diasporic visions: Colonialism, nostalgia and the empire in Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House
Released on the 70th anniversary of Partition, Gurinder Chadha’s film Viceroy’s House, which is narratively and stylistically constructed in the fashion of heritage cinema, chronicles the last days of the empire in India and is said to provide a ‘British Asian perspective’ on Partition. This article addresses the debate that followed the release of the film and, in particular, the analysis focuses on the interplay between Partition, diaspora, and…
Televising the Partition of British India: Memory, Identity and the Privatisation of the Past in 70th Anniversary Commemorative Broadcasting
2017 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of colonial rule in British India and of the division of the country into the two independent states of India and Pakistan. To commemorate the event, in August 2017, the BBC broadcast a series of programmes focused specifically on Partition. Focusing on My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947, this article analyses the programme’s structure and rhetorical strategies, with particular reference to its rep…
(Post)colonial friendships and Empire 2.0: A Brexit reading of Victoria & Abdul
A 2018 report published by the British think tank Demos claims that, in Britain, “nostalgic rhetoric clearly played a significant role in the Referendum campaign, in particular, emphasising particular tropes around the Second World War, empire and the ‘re-instation’ of British sovereignty”. Indeed, these tropes feature heavily in popular culture, with several films and TV series centred on Britain’s imperial past. Taking on board Nadine El-Enany’…
Open Sapce: Contemporary Feminist Discourses and Practices within and across Boundaries: An Interview with Avtar Brah
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Feminist Review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version BRAH, A. and CLINI, C., 2018. Contemporary feminist discourses and practices within and across boundaries: an interview with Avtar Brah. Feminist Review, 117 (1), pp.163–170 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41305-017-0079-2
International terrorism? Indian popular cinema and the politics of terror
The first decade of the twenty-first century has been marked by the decisive entry into our media landscape of the so-called global war on terror, with countless films and TV series from all over the world addressing the issue of international terrorism. Even Indian popular cinema, which has been addressing the issue of domestic terrorism since the late 1980s with films such as Roja (Ratnam, 1992), Drohkaal (Nihalani, 1994), Maachis (Gulzar, 1996…
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed. Indian Films, British Networks and the Sikh Diaspora in Italy
Something old, something new, something borrowed. Indian films, British networks and the Sikh diaspora in Italy
The cultural industries of India: An introduction
No abstract available
Open Sapce: Contemporary Feminist Discourses and Practices within and across Boundaries: An Interview with Avtar Brah
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Feminist Review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version BRAH, A. and CLINI, C., 2018. Contemporary feminist discourses and practices within and across boundaries: an interview with Avtar Brah. Feminist Review, 117 (1), pp.163–170 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41305-017-0079-2
International terrorism? Indian popular cinema and the politics of terror
The first decade of the twenty-first century has been marked by the decisive entry into our media landscape of the so-called global war on terror, with countless films and TV series from all over the world addressing the issue of international terrorism. Even Indian popular cinema, which has been addressing the issue of domestic terrorism since the late 1980s with films such as Roja (Ratnam, 1992), Drohkaal (Nihalani, 1994), Maachis (Gulzar, 1996…
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed. Indian Films, British Networks and the Sikh Diaspora in Italy
Something old, something new, something borrowed. Indian films, British networks and the Sikh diaspora in Italy
International terrorism? Indian popular cinema and the politics of terror
The first decade of the twenty-first century has been marked by the decisive entry into our media landscape of the so-called global war on terror, with countless films and TV series from all over the world addressing the issue of international terrorism. Even Indian popular cinema, which has been addressing the issue of domestic terrorism since the late 1980s with films such as Roja (Ratnam, 1992), Drohkaal (Nihalani, 1994), Maachis (Gulzar, 1996…
Open Sapce: Contemporary Feminist Discourses and Practices within and across Boundaries: An Interview with Avtar Brah
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Feminist Review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version BRAH, A. and CLINI, C., 2018. Contemporary feminist discourses and practices within and across boundaries: an interview with Avtar Brah. Feminist Review, 117 (1), pp.163–170 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41305-017-0079-2
(Post)colonial friendships and Empire 2.0: A Brexit reading of Victoria & Abdul
A 2018 report published by the British think tank Demos claims that, in Britain, “nostalgic rhetoric clearly played a significant role in the Referendum campaign, in particular, emphasising particular tropes around the Second World War, empire and the ‘re-instation’ of British sovereignty”. Indeed, these tropes feature heavily in popular culture, with several films and TV series centred on Britain’s imperial past. Taking on board Nadine El-Enany’…
Migration, Arts and the Negotiation of Belonging: An analysis of creative practices within British Asian communities in London and Loughborough
This article analyses the engagement in cultural and creative practices of people of South Asian heritage in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London and in Loughborough, East Midlands. Both locations are home to a number of community groups engaged in creative and cultural activities and, by focusing on selected case studies, we argue that the arts play a key role in maintaining and claiming South Asian heritage/s in Britain. Comparing these two s…
Introduction – South Asian Diasporas and (imaginary) homelands: Why representations still matter
This special issue of South Asian Diaspora explores how films, literature, photography and social media construct and re-present narratives of homelands and diasporas, as well as investigating the ways which these same narratives are disseminated, appropriated and/or challenged in relation to recent political developments in South Asia and in the diaspora. By focusing on a spectrum of different media of communications, the articles collected in t…
Diasporic visions: Colonialism, nostalgia and the empire in Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House
Released on the 70th anniversary of Partition, Gurinder Chadha’s film Viceroy’s House, which is narratively and stylistically constructed in the fashion of heritage cinema, chronicles the last days of the empire in India and is said to provide a ‘British Asian perspective’ on Partition. This article addresses the debate that followed the release of the film and, in particular, the analysis focuses on the interplay between Partition, diaspora, and…
Televising the Partition of British India: Memory, Identity and the Privatisation of the Past in 70th Anniversary Commemorative Broadcasting
2017 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of colonial rule in British India and of the division of the country into the two independent states of India and Pakistan. To commemorate the event, in August 2017, the BBC broadcast a series of programmes focused specifically on Partition. Focusing on My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947, this article analyses the programme’s structure and rhetorical strategies, with particular reference to its rep…
Bollywood and slum tours: Poverty tourism and the Indian cultural industry
An article published on India Outlook in July 2019 stated that Dharavi, Mumbai’s biggest slum, has now beaten the Taj Mahal as the most popular tourist destination in India, having “received a push by Hollywood and Indian films alike” (2019). Following Hesmondalgh’s observation that cultural industries reflect the inequalities of capitalist societies (2007), we examine precisely the relationship between poverty tours, cinema and Bollywood as a cu…
The cultural industries of India: An introduction
No abstract available
Partition at 75: Reflections on migrant memories in the British South Asian diaspora
In 2017, the 70th anniversary of the Partition of British India was widely discussed in the UK, not only within academic and cultural circles, but also in popular culture. Five years later, on the 75th anniversary of Partition, the scholarly, cultural and community interest in the events of 1947 intersected with the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of the South Asian population from Uganda, and the 70th anniversary of the L…
Introduction - Partition and the South Asian diaspora: Exploring (Inherited) Memories and Creative Practices of Remembering
This short piece introduces the special issue ‘Partition and the South Asian diaspora: exploring (inherited) memories and creative practices of remembering’. This issue was conceived at the juncture of intersecting commemorations of key historical events–1947 Partition of British India, 1971 Bangladesh independence and 1972 exodus from Uganda–in South Asia and its diasporas. By bringing together articles focused on practices of commemorating thes…
A Politics of One's Own: Leisure, Belonging and Momentary Self-Exclusion among British Bangladeshi Women in East London
This article investigates how leisure activities inform identification processes among British Bangladeshi Muslim women in Tower Hamlets, London. Focusing on women-only events organised in community centres that cater to British Bangladeshi women, we explore the significance of these spaces in the negotiation and maintenance of identity and community. Based on a two-year ethnography conducted as part of the research project Migrant Memory and Pos…
Researching postcolonial memory: Creativity and participation in contexts of colonialism and the British South Asian diaspora
This article sets out methodological principles for conducting postcolonial memory studies research. Pasts associated with colonialism and their contemporary social articulation can be empirically challenging for several reasons, including their uncertain, often inarticulable, contradictory, and painful nature, which materialise in social research encounters. To navigate such challenges, we argue for the value and application of creative methodol…
Sociology (12 works) · History (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (6 works) · Diaspora (5 works)