Dimitrova, Diana
Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia
1. On Myth and Mythologizing: An Introduction
Diana Dimitrova
Part I. Religion, Myth, and Gender
2. Seeking God: Narratives of the Spiritual in Amrita Bharati’s Work and Hindi Poetry
Lucy Rosenstein
3. Who Is Afraid of MlräbäT? Gulzar’s Antidote for Miras Poison
Heidi Pauwels
4. Religion and Gender in Bollywood Film
Diana Dimitrova
5. The Creative Modern and the Myths of the Goddess Mariyamman
Perundevi Srinivasan
Part II. Religion, Myth, and Politics
6. Constructed Religious Feelings and Communal Identities in
Alessandra Consolaro
7. Dharma Reconsidered: The Inappropriate Poetry of Arun Kolatkar in Sarpa Satra
Laetitia Zecchini
8. From Otherland to the Divine Land: Exile, Mysticism, and Secularism in K. B. Vaid’s Dard lä davä
Anne Castaing
9. In the Face of Even Lesser Breeds: Reading Nayantara Sahgal with Indian Christians
Clara A. B. Joseph
10. Censorship, Social Reform, and Mythological Drama in Colonial India
Nandi Bhatia
11. From Kurukṣetra to Rāmarājya: A Comparative Analysis of the Star Personas of Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan
Sunny Singh
Keywords: Literature, Literary History, History of Southeast Asia, Social History, Film History, Comparative Religion
- Editor
- Dimitrova, Diana
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2010
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 241 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230105522
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-38396-2