Book Discussion on ‘Contested Representation: Dalits, Popular Hindi Cinema, and Public Sphere’ by Dhananjay Rai. The discussants included Ravikant, Sarah Rahman Niazi and Harish. S. Wankhede.
Popular Hindi cinema has become a significant signpost of contemporaneity due to its construction of social language. Cinema also needs a new way of discerning with respect to ‘Dalit Representation’. Contested Representation looks at the construction and meaning of the social language of Hindi cinema. It encompasses the nature of absence and presence of Dalits in Hindi cinema.
Dhananjay Rai is Visiting Fellow at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi and faculty at Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.
Ravikant is Associate Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Sarah Rahman Niazi teaches at School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi.
Harish. S. Wankhede is Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Prabhat Kumar is Assistant Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 4.30 pm, Seminar Room and Zoom https://bit.ly/3Sq3Ws2
