Bestiality, Compassion and Gender Emancipation: The Snake Woman in Hindi Horror Films
0
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
Animal transformation films serve as a boundary test, perhaps: in rendering women as animals, these films are making visible at the literal level society's bestialisation of the feminine. Yet, in showing the bestial, in turn, as sentient, responsive and desirous of a say in the conversation, these films are also allowing a voice to the abject. At the same time, given how Indian cinematic traditions render the animal as part of the universe of living beings rather than as “other” to it, is it possible to argue that the feminine is thus incorporated within a discouse of change rather than placed luminally outside of it? The object of this article is to read against the grain to show just how the female enters the dialogue that several narrative traditions, at least overtly, expect her to decorously stay out of. Perhaps no other animal has had such a deep impact on Indian culture as that legless,carnivorous reptile, the snake, which generates simultaneous feelings of awe and veneration. This is nowhere more evident than in Indian films,chiefly in mythological and horror films. In this article, I limit my study to three Hindi horror films that deal with the theme of the snake-woman: Nagin (dir. Rajkumar Kohli, 1976), Nagina (dir. Harmesh Malhotra,1986), and Hisss (dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch, 2010).
Abstract
Animal transformation films serve as a boundary test, perhaps: in rendering women as animals, these films are making visible at the literal level society's bestialisation of the feminine. Yet, in showing the bestial, in turn, as sentient, responsive and desirous of a say in the conversation, these films are also allowing a voice to the abject. At the same time, given how Indian cinematic traditions render the animal as part of the universe of living beings rather than as “other” to it, is it possible to argue that the feminine is thus incorporated within a discouse of change rather than placed luminally outside of it? The object of this article is to read against the grain to show just how the female enters the dialogue that several narrative traditions, at least overtly, expect her to decorously stay out of. Perhaps no other animal has had such a deep impact on Indian culture as that legless,carnivorous reptile, the snake, which generates simultaneous feelings of awe and veneration. This is nowhere more evident than in Indian films,chiefly in mythological and horror films. In this article, I limit my study to three Hindi horror films that deal with the theme of the snake-woman: Nagin (dir. Rajkumar Kohli, 1976), Nagina (dir. Harmesh Malhotra,1986), and Hisss (dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch, 2010).
참고문헌 (31)
- Aandhi, "Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen", DVD. Shemaroo, ~ (2006)
- Ahmed, Farzand, "1978 - Kissa Kursi Ka : Celluloid Chutzpah", India Today, 28 (2009)
- Anaconda, "Jon Voight and Jennifer Lopez", DVD. Sony, ~ (1998)
- Basu, Amrita, "The Dialectics of Hindu Nationalism, In The Success of India's Democracy" (2001), Cambridge UP India
- Boa vs. Python, "David Hewlett and Jaime Bergman", DVD. Sony, ~ (2004)
- Bose, Anuja, "Hindutva and the Politicization of Religious Identity in India", Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development, 13, pp.1~30 (2009)
- Creed, Barbara, "The Monstrous Feminine: Film, Feminism and Psychoanalysis" (1993), Routledge
- Fergusson, James, "Tree and Serpent Worship: Or Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India in the First and Fourth Centuries after Christ" (1971), Oriental
- Green Snake., "Maggie Cheung and Joey Wang", DVD. Tai Seng, ~ (2001)
- Gledhill, Christine, "Pleasurable Negotiations, In Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader" (1994), Pearson
- Gopal, Sangita, "Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance" (2008), U of Minnesota P
- Handa, O. C, "Naga Cults and Tradition in the Western Himalaya" (2004), Indus
- Hisss, "Mallika Sherawat, Irrfan Khan and Divya Dutta", DVD. Venus, ~ (2010)
- Keith, Arthur Berriedale, "The Religion and Philosphy of the Veda and Upanishads. Volume 1" (1925), Harvard UP
- Khwahish, "Mallika Sherawat and Himanshu Malik", DVD. Shemaroo, ~ (2003)
- Kissa Kursi Ka, "Shabana Azmi and Raj Babbar, In Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. Vedic Mythology" (1995), Karl J. Trubner Verlog
- Minkowski, Christopher, "Snakes, Sattras and the Mahabharata, In Essays on the Mahabharata" (2007), MLBD
- Nagin, "Jeetendra, Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Rekha, Feroz Khan and Mumtaz", DVD. Eros, ~ (2005)
- Nagina, "Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi and Amrish Puri. Shemaroo", DVD. Shemaroo, ~ (2002)
- Oldham, C. F., "Sun and the Serpent, In Reprint and Illustrated" (2003), Kessinger
- Palmer, Norman D, "India in 1975: Democracy in Eclipse", Asian Survey, 16(2), pp.95~110 (1976)
- Rao, B. Surendra, "Rev. of Shah Commission Report: Lost and Regained", The Hindu, 8 (2011)
- Sharma, Madhulika, "He usually does the unusual", Filmfare, ~ (1981)
- Shiva, Vandana, "Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival in India" (1988), Kali for Women
- Snake Woman's Marriage, "Chia Lin and Kong Ban", ~ (1975)
- David R. Ellis, "Snakes on a Plane Jackson and Julianna Margulies", DVD. New Line, ~ (2007)
- Tarlo, Emma, "Unsettling Memories: Narratives of the Emergency in Delhi" (2003), U of California P
- Shiro Toyoda, "The Legend of the White Serpent", ~ (1956)
- Tod, James, "Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan: Or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India. Volume 2" (2001), Asian Educational Services
- Viyogi, Naval, "Nagas The Ancient Rulers of India: Their Origin and History in The History of the Indigeneous People of India Vol. 2" (2002), Originals
- Vogel, Jean Philippe, "Indian Serpent-Lore: Or, The Nagas in Hindu Legend or Art" (2010), Probsthain