Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia

by Dimitrova, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780230622258
• ISBN10: 0230622259
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia.

Author Biography

Diana Dimitrova is Assistant Professor of Hinduism and South Asian Religions at Michigan State University.

Table of Contents

The Editor	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Note on Transliteration	p. xv
On Myth and Mythologizing: An Introduction	p. 1
Religion, Myth, and Gender
Seeking God: Narratives of the Spiritual in Amrita Bharati's Work and Hindi Poetry	p. 23
Who Is Afraid of M&ibar;r&abar;b&abar;&ibar;? Gulzar's Antidote for M&ibar;n&abar;'s Poison	p. 45
Religion and Gender in Bollywood Film	p. 69
The Creative Modem and the Myths of the Goddess Mariyamman	p. 83
Religion, Myth, and Politics
Constructed Religious Feelings and Communal Identities in Ham&abar;r&abar; Śahar us baras by G&ibar;t&abar;ñjal&ibar; Śr&ibar;	p. 95
Dharma Reconsidered: The Inappropriate Poetry of Arun Kolatkar in Sarpa Satra	p. 131
From Otherland to the Divine Land: Exile, Mysticism, and Secularism in K. B. Vaid's Dard l&abar; dav&abar;	p. 153
In the Face of Even Lesser Breeds: Reading Nayantara Sahgal with Indian Christians	p. 171
Censorship, Social Reform, and Mythological Drama in Colonial India	p. 191
From Kuruk&bdot;etra to R&abar;mar&abar;jya: A Comparative Analysis of the Star Personas of Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan	p. 213
Index	p. 223
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