Traveling Barbies' and rolling blackouts Images of mobility in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3852089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mukulika Banerjee (0000-0002-7667-9844, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, corresponding author), Mita Banerjee |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 448-470 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative American Studies An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-5700 • E-ISSN: 1741-2676 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1477570003014003 |
| OpenAlex | W1996279117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article proposes to read Mira Nair's film Monsoon Wedding through a critical framework provided by transnational anthropology. Such a framework suggests that approaches celebrating transnational mobility must be balanced against nationally specific forms of constraint. It is argued that Monsoon Wedding bears out precisely such a balance. Nair's film suggests that the mobility of human lives may not be quite as unfettered as that of cultural commodities. Moreover, the filmic narrative insists on a differentiation within the Indian diasporic community. Similarly, some theorists of transnationalism have cautioned that the concept of a 'diasporic community' may serve to obfuscate class distinctions. At the same time, Nair's film is read in conjunction with theories of commodity circulation. Through the image of the 'traveling Barbie', this article explores the ways in which US cultural commodities may be indigenized, while also suggesting that Indians at 'home' may hardly benefit from such indigenization. Rather, Non-Resident Indians may travel from the US to India to buy a token of their own 'Americanness' in Delhi
Art · Indigenization · Literature · Mainstream · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transnationalism · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · South Asian Cinema and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |