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Transforming Communication About Culture includes thought-provoking contributions about the ways in which people's lives and experiences across the globe are being transformed by technological changes, media institutions, political ideologies, and social forces.
Queering the Nation: Diasporic Cinema and Media Definitions of Indian Femininity
Queering the Nation: Diasporic Cinema and Media Definitions of Indian Femininity
In December 1998, a small group of protesters halted the screening of the internationally acclaimed movie Fire in two theaters in Bombay, India. The following day, a similar group attacked a theater in New Delhi. In both cities, the protesters were primarily women affiliated with the Shiv Sena, a Hindu fundamentalist organization with roots in Bombay. They wore saffron-colored scarves to mark their religious affiliation, bought tickets to the screening, and once inside the hall burned posters, destroyed furniture, and effectively banned a film that had gained an audience primarily among women. The protesters condemned the movie's portrayal of lesbian ...
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