Of 'Metaphorical' Politics
Bombay Films and Indian Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3634094 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ajanta Sircar (0000-0002-3258-6689, University of Hyderabad, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 325-335 |
| Publication date | 1995-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x00012750 |
| OpenAlex | W1965005374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Having followedModern Asian Studiesfor some time now as being among the major journals to have sustained a high degree of sophistication on debates relating to the historical and cultural developments of modern South Asia, one was greatly distressed to read Akbar S. Ahmed's article 'Bombay Films: The Cinema as Metaphor for Indian Society and Politics'. Practices of representation always implicate positions of enunciation. In what follows, I wish to re-read Ahmed's article to show that his representations of Indian society derive their legitimacy not from their engagement with the many-layered sociocultural formation of the present-day Indian nation, but from a perspective which reinforces the continuing relations of dominance between metropolis and former colony. As an academician of and for present-day India, to challenge such a perspective is not merely an attempt to radicalize academic frameworks but, as I wish to show, expressive of a larger social need to create spaces where one is able to transform present reality. It is to identify marginality as much more than a site of deprivation. It is to identify marginality as a space of resistance, as a site of radical possibility
Aesthetics · Art · Dominance (genetics · Legitimacy · Media studies · Metaphor · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Sophistication · Theology · Visual arts · Wish · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2010 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |