The Mortality Narratives in Cultural Representations
Themes and Tropes in Malayalam Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22007237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Swapna Gopinath (0000-0003-0925-3592, Symbiosis International University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-114 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | CINEJ Cinema Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-8724 • E-ISSN: 2159-2411 |
| Publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5195/cinej.2023.462 |
| OpenAlex | W4387832323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
Malayalam cinema is a vibrant creative space that post 1990s, underwent a transformation, leading to a proliferation of films, uniquely experimental in nature. An interesting perspective explored in detail was that of mortality, analysis of death from a microcosmic perspective. Evaluating death as an event in Deleuzian framework enables us to gain interesting insights and the film used for study here is Ee. Ma. Yau. (2018) which has a funeral foregrounded in the narrative. The paper traces the encounter with death in popular films, over time, to comprehend social discourses built around mortality in India, specifically in the southern state of Kerala in India. Death and the social interventions in this context emerge as aspects significant for this study
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Malayalam · Movie theater · Narrative · Sociology · Visual arts · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · South Asian Cinema and Culture
The Priority of EventsDeleuze's Logic of Sense
Deleuze and the event(s)
Sleepless fathers in Malayalam cinema
Construction and contestation of identity and politics
Gender construct as a narrative and text
Guest Editor's Introduction
November 4, 1995
The World Seen From Within
The Fold
Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
From Ritual to Theatre
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |