Politicotainment: Fictionalizing Politics in Pakistani Cinema

Haleema Khalid, Muhammad Shahbaz and Behzad Anwar
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Haleema Khalid: Lecturer, Elite College for Girls, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shahbaz: Assistant Professor,Department of English, GC Women University Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
Behzad Anwar: Assistant Professor,Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

Global Regional Review, 2017, vol. 2, issue 1, 273-288

Abstract: This article aims to investigate Maalik, Pakistani political thriller as the product of ‘politicotainment’, a genre combining politics and entertainment. Keeping in view the nexus of politics, media and language, Discourse Historical Approach from the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis with a particular focus on media, discourse, and society is employed. Maalik, is exceptional movie because it is explicitly related to real life socio-political and socio-cultural events of Pakistan; its focus on social and political issues such as exploitation of power and corrupt political system shifts the focus towards the ownership of Pakistan and accepting responsibilities. Therefore, the film connects the emerging political discourse in Pakistan with the rising public pulse against corruption and call for accountability. This research provides insights regarding the discursive construction of contemporary Pakistani narrative in the time of national crisis in order to reveal the projected and recontextualized norms in the context of Pakistan.

Keywords: Media; Politics; Politicotainment; Fictionalization of Politics; DHA; CDS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.31703/grr.2017(II-I).19

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