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Author:

Chowdhury, Elora Halim, author.

Title:

Ethical encounters : transnational feminism, human rights, and war cinema in Bangladesh / Elora Halim Chowdhury.

Publisher:

Temple University Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Human rights in motion pictures.
National characteristics in motion pictures.
Women in motion pictures.
Feminism and motion pictures.
Feminist film criticism.
Feminism and motion pictures.
Feminist film criticism.
Human rights in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
National characteristics in motion pictures.
Women in motion pictures.
Bangladesh--Motion pictures and the revolution.--Revolution, 1971--Motion pictures and the revolution.
Bangladesh--Women.--Revolution, 1971--Women.
Bangladesh--Women--Revolution, 1971--Women--Personal narratives.
Bangladesh--In motion pictures.
Bangladesh.
History.
Personal narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Chapter 1: Introduction: National Cinema and Its Absences -- Chapter 2: When Love and Violence Meet: Women's Agency and Transformative Politics in Rubaiyat Hossain's Meherjaan -- Chapter 3: Ethical Reckoning: Theorizing Gender, Vulnerability and Agency in Nasiruddin Yousuff's Guerilla -- Chapter 4: Ethical Encounters: Friendship, Reckoning, and Healing in Shameem Akhtar's Itihaash Konna -- Chapter 5: Muktijuddho Film as Disruptive Archive, Filmmaker as Witness -- Chapter 6: Muktijuddho Cinema as Human Rights Cinema -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"Reading national cinema made by and centrally about women in Bangladesh, this book is an exploration of the intersection of feminism, human rights, and memory"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

143992225X
9781439922255
1439922241
9781439922248

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1276933581

LCCN:

2021046377

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)