Deconstructing Sita's Blues
Questions of Mis/representation, Cultural Property, and Feminist Critique in Nina Paley's Ramayana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3202265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharmila Lodhia (corresponding author), Lodhia, Lodhia Lodhia (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 371 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-3663 • E-ISSN: 2153-3873 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/fem.2015.0032 |
| OpenAlex | W2319171184 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Hinduism has long maintained a presence in US popular culture. Yoga, self-realization, and meditation have been appropriated for decades by those seeking the enlightenment promises of the East. I had grown numb to the seamless entry of Hindu artifacts and iconography into the US marketplace until recently, when I began to notice disconcerting patterns of pop-culture-ized images of Hindu gods and goddesses emblazoned on socks, shoes, T-shirts, swimwear, lunchboxes, and novelty toys. Where and how these dislocated deities manifested themselves troubled me, not only because they were almost always fragmented and displaced, but also because such acts of commodity fetishism foreclose dialogue about the complex issues arising out of globalization, cultural exchange, and transnational identity that are deeply embedded in the production and enduring desirability of these objects
Art · Art history · Blues · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Property (philosophy · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |