Gender, Nation and Popular Film in India - 9780367025588

Taylor & Francis

Gender, Nation and Popular Film in IndiaGlobalizing Muscular Nationalism\nAuthor(s): Sikata Banerjee\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367025588, 978-0367025588\nSynopsis\nInterpretations of manhood have unfolded in India within a middle class cultural milieu shaped by an assertive self-confidence fuelled by liberalisation, a process by which India has been integrated into the global political economy and the prominence of Hindutva or Hindu nationalist politics. \n\nThis book unpacks a particular gendered vision of nation in the modern Indian context by drawing on popular films. This muscular nationalism is an intersection of a specific vision of masculinity with the political doctrine of nationalism. The idea of nation is animated by an idea of manhood associated with martial prowess, muscular strength and toughness, but coupled with the image and construct of virtuous woman a gendered binary of martial man and.