Thematizations of the Goddess in South Asian Cinema

Edited By: Anway Mukhopadhyay, Shouvik Narayan Hore

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This collection presents cross-disciplinary explorations of the Goddess in South Asian cinema. Analyzing films from across South Asia, including India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, it highlights regional and cultural differences and commonalities in the representation of the divine.

This collection presents cross-disciplinary explorations of the tropes, themes and representational frameworks constellating around the figure of the Goddess in South Asian cinema. It critically…

This collection presents cross-disciplinary explorations of the tropes, themes and representational frameworks constellating around the figure of the Goddess in South Asian cinema. It critically approaches the Goddess theme in various genres of South Asian cinema, using analytical tools culled from gender studies, comparative cultural studies, and religious studies, as well as film semiotics. The films discussed here represent variegated thematizations of the Goddess across regions in South Asia, including Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and various geo-cultural locations in India.

As the volume highlights the regional and politico-cultural differences and commonalities in representational schemes between South Asian films of different genres through the Goddess motif, it will appeal to scholars of film studies, South Asian studies and comparative religion, and will hold a special appeal for those interested in Goddess cultures and theology.

Anway Mukhopadhyay is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, West Bengal. His areas of interest include South Asian studies, religious studies (especially Goddess cultures), performing arts, and cultural studies. His publications include, among others, Literary and Cultural Readings of Goddess Spirituality (2017), The Goddess in Hindu-Tantric Traditions (2018), and The Authority of Female Speech in Indian Goddess Traditions (2020).

Shouvik Narayan Hore is a Doctoral Candidate at the Department of English of Vidyasagar University, India, and serves as Guest Faculty at Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata. His areas of research include the philosophy of the sublime, English Romantic poets, and Indian classical literatures. His publications include essays and reviews in Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, and The Atlantic Critical Review.

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