The discourse of tradition and modernity in contemporary Indian culture

This paper examines the binary between tradition and modernity in contemporary India through the use of film. It focuses specifically on the Hindu/Indian woman, and the way in which this discourse plays out on her body. I argue that the Victorian morality that the British colonisers of India imposed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahuja Richa
Other Authors: Brian Keith Bergen-Aurand
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15219