The Embodiment of the Post-human Child in Malayalam Films

Bibliographic Data

ID22007337
AuthorsRona Reesa Kurian (0000-0003-4806-6095), Rona Reesa Kurian Rona Reesa Kurian, Preeti Navaneeth (0000-0002-6141-6259, Marymount University), Preeti Navaneeth Preeti Navaneeth
Year2023
Volume11
Issue2
Pages446-473
Publication date2023-12-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCINEJ Cinema Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-8724 • E-ISSN: 2159-2411
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/cinej.2023.590
OpenAlexW4390031688
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The adult-child binary positions the child in a developmental process toward rationality attained through becoming an adult. The child is not considered a ‘whole human’ or given the status of an ‘individual’ in a social context, as seen in the representations of child and childhood in Malayalam films. This study aims to analyze the post-human identity of children in films focusing on how social and cultural systems are portrayed in the selected films titled Manjadikuru (2008), Keshu (2009), and Philips and the Monkey Pen (2013). The article intends to problematize the inequalities, biases, and lack of agency experienced by the post-human child and argues against awarding humanist identity to the child and childhood(s)

Aesthetics · Art · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Humanism · Linguistics · Malayalam · Political science · Rationality · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · South Asian Cinema and Culture