Diasporic visions: colonialism, nostalgia and the empire in Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House
Released on the 70th anniversary of Partition, Gurinder Chadha’s film Viceroy’s House (2017), which is narratively and stylistically constructed in the fashion of heritage cinema, is said to provide a “British Asian perspective” on Partition. This article addresses the debate over British Asian narr...
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| description | Released on the 70th anniversary of Partition, Gurinder Chadha’s film Viceroy’s House (2017), which is narratively and stylistically constructed in the fashion of heritage cinema, is said to provide a “British Asian perspective” on Partition. This article addresses the debate over British Asian narratives of the empire triggered by the release of the film and, in particular, the analysis focuses on the interplay between Partition, diaspora, and representations of the imperial past. Through the analysis of the film’s structure and narrative, the article discusses its representation of British India and argues that, notwithstanding its potential to unsettle traditional representations of the empire of period dramas, the film’s glamorous depiction of the British rulers ultimately feeds into the contemporary wave of colonial nostalgia (Davis 2018). |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:99542024-12-16T15:32:11Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9954/ Diasporic visions: colonialism, nostalgia and the empire in Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House Clini, Clelia 300 Social sciences 790 Recreational & performing arts Released on the 70th anniversary of Partition, Gurinder Chadha’s film Viceroy’s House (2017), which is narratively and stylistically constructed in the fashion of heritage cinema, is said to provide a “British Asian perspective” on Partition. This article addresses the debate over British Asian narratives of the empire triggered by the release of the film and, in particular, the analysis focuses on the interplay between Partition, diaspora, and representations of the imperial past. Through the analysis of the film’s structure and narrative, the article discusses its representation of British India and argues that, notwithstanding its potential to unsettle traditional representations of the empire of period dramas, the film’s glamorous depiction of the British rulers ultimately feeds into the contemporary wave of colonial nostalgia (Davis 2018). Routledge Clini, Clelia Valančiūnas, Deimantas 2024-11-18 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9954/3/Clini%20Viceroy%27s%20House%20AM.pdf Clini, Clelia (2024) Diasporic visions: colonialism, nostalgia and the empire in Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House. In: South Asian Diasporas and (Imaginary) Homelands Narratives, Representations and Mediated Exchanges. Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9781032885780 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003538554 10.4324/9781003538554 10.4324/9781003538554 |
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