The subject of Indian cinema, as well as the female presence in this milieu, has been addressed by an extensive literature so far: much of it is dedicated to actresses, especially stars, and to the representations that have been attributed to women, with a greater attention to Indian popular cinema. While traversing the history of Indian (basically Hindi) cinema with the female gender in search of emancipation and visibility at the core of its contents, the article traces the main stages of the phenomenon up to now so as to discover that many causes are still waiting to meet their – either actual or cinematographic – answers in the present: initially, it was about entering the world of cinema, then about carving out one's own space in this scenario, and, finally, conquering the gender equality that translates into being a heroine for “herself”, at the service of her own aspirations and not of the goals extrinsic to her persona. Thereby, the paper aims to analyse the set of social roles, representations and commitments that have been assumed by Indian women, first of all actresses, as proactive social actors on the big screen and beyond.

Ser actriz en el cine indio: papeles, representaciones, compromisos / Zoran Lapov. - In: MILLCAYAC. - ISSN 2362-616X. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 15-46.

Ser actriz en el cine indio: papeles, representaciones, compromisos

LAPOV, ZORAN
2017

Abstract

The subject of Indian cinema, as well as the female presence in this milieu, has been addressed by an extensive literature so far: much of it is dedicated to actresses, especially stars, and to the representations that have been attributed to women, with a greater attention to Indian popular cinema. While traversing the history of Indian (basically Hindi) cinema with the female gender in search of emancipation and visibility at the core of its contents, the article traces the main stages of the phenomenon up to now so as to discover that many causes are still waiting to meet their – either actual or cinematographic – answers in the present: initially, it was about entering the world of cinema, then about carving out one's own space in this scenario, and, finally, conquering the gender equality that translates into being a heroine for “herself”, at the service of her own aspirations and not of the goals extrinsic to her persona. Thereby, the paper aims to analyse the set of social roles, representations and commitments that have been assumed by Indian women, first of all actresses, as proactive social actors on the big screen and beyond.
2017
15
46
Zoran Lapov
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