Witness to Violence

Madhumeeta Sinha
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Madhumeeta Sinha: Madhumeeta Sinha is Assistant Professor at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. E-mail: madhumeetasinha@gmail.com

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2010, vol. 17, issue 3, 365-373

Abstract: This article attempts to place feminist documentary filmmaking in the context of the women’s movement in India. More specifically, it seeks to examine some of the widely debated concerns and strategies that have animated feminist documentary filmmaking in India through an analysis of two important films: Deepa Dhanraj’s Something Like a War and Reena Mohan’s Skin Deep .

Keywords: Feminism; documentary films; women’s movement in India; representation; body image (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/097152151001700303

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