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Meridians (2020) 19 (S1): 389–409.
Published: 01 December 2020
... to this representation of Asian cultures as premodern and irrevocably opposed to the West, much as portrayed in Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” theory. The author illustrates this transnational feminist critique with a documentary used in Women’s Studies classes, Deborah Gee’s landmark film Slaying...
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Meridians (2010) 10 (2): 141–162.
Published: 01 March 2010
... of Asian cultures as premodern and irrevocably opposed to the West, much as portrayed in Samuel Huntington's “clash of civilizations” theory (Huntington 1996). I illustrate this transnational feminist critique with a documentary used in Women's Studies classes: Deborah Gee's landmark film Slaying...
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Meridians (2024) 23 (1): 156–174.
Published: 01 April 2024
... filmmaker who made a feature-length narrative. Film is an important part of identity formation and shapes the perception of (Indigenous) cultures and peoples. From the late 1970s onward, there is a growing movement in Māori filmmaking which led to changes in the representation of Māori culture in film...
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Published: 01 October 2022
Figure 3. (untitled) broadside , inkjet pigment print on transparency film, 36 × 24 in, 2018. Courtesy of Amanda Russhell Wallace.
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Published: 01 October 2022
Figure 6. Ember , inkjet pigment print on transparency film, 24 × 30 in, 2017. Courtesy of Amanda Russhell Wallace.
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in The “Grandmother” of Indigenous Filmmaking in New Zealand: Merata Mita—Film Is Her Patu
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Published: 01 April 2024
Figure 1. Merata Mita’s son, director Heperi Mita, sifts through film reels for his documentary.
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in The “Grandmother” of Indigenous Filmmaking in New Zealand: Merata Mita—Film Is Her Patu
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Published: 01 April 2024
Figure 2. A film still from Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen ( 2018 ) showing Mita editing one of her films.
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in The “Grandmother” of Indigenous Filmmaking in New Zealand: Merata Mita—Film Is Her Patu
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Published: 01 April 2024
Figure 5. A still from Heperi Mita’s documentary showing his mother at work on a film set.
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Meridians (2014) 12 (1): 208–226.
Published: 01 March 2014
...Carrie N. Baker Abstract This essay analyzes the portrayal of sex trafficking in representative dramas and documentaries, both Hollywood and independent films. The majority of these films use a rescue narrative to tell the story of sex trafficking: an innocent and naïve young woman or girl...
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Meridians (2021) 20 (1): 127–150.
Published: 01 April 2021
... and the United States, and between film analysis and the dance studio, the author examines the cultural politics of the romanticized and historical Indian dancer—the mythical courtesan. The author argues that the mythical courtesan was called into existence through film cultures in the early twentieth century...
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Meridians (2021) 20 (1): 90–126.
Published: 01 April 2021
...Sreyoshi Sarkar Abstract Women living in the South Asian conflict zone of Kashmir have been represented by mainstream media and film as mainly victims of the Indian state power’s political and sexual violence, as protestors who are supporting their men’s insurgency in Kashmir, or as aligned...
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Meridians (2019) 18 (1): 161–182.
Published: 01 April 2019
...Lily Mabura; Ronak Husni Abstract Bader Hirsi (1968–) is a renowned Yemeni British filmmaker whose works include the documentary The English Sheikh and the Yemeni Gentleman (2000) and the feature film A New Day in Old Sana’a (2005) . This essay explores how photography and film creatively interact...
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Meridians (2008) 8 (1): 144–179.
Published: 01 September 2008
..., national, and racial meanings, evoking an India that seems inclusive and progressive. Yet within Lagaan 's utopian nation, and certainly within the film industry and broader social milieu, women with “ethnic” and sexually provocative voices are often deemed dangerous and are disallowed from speaking...
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Meridians (2008) 8 (2): 64–93.
Published: 01 March 2008
...Alexandra Lynn Barron Abstract While many critics have pointed out how Fire's (1996) reception reveais much about the Hindutva agenda of fundamentalists and their use of women as symbols for the nation, no one has traced the critique of fundamentalism embedded in the film itself in the haunting...
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Meridians (2021) 20 (2): 466–490.
Published: 01 October 2021
... to this good/bad binary by imagining a “queer” Muslimness through Usama Alshaibi’s 2011 film Profane . Profane centers on Muna, a Muslim Arab-American professional dominatrix who attempts to reconcile her perverse sexuality with her religious identity. In doing so, she unravels understandings of both her role...
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Meridians (2021) 20 (1): 151–173.
Published: 01 April 2021
...Figure 2. Muktijuddho images from the film Guerilla . ...
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Meridians (2014) 12 (1): 88–120.
Published: 01 March 2014
...Ayesha Hardison Abstract This essay examines black women's transition from cultural consumers to artistic producers in Martha Southgate's under-studied novel Third Girl from the Left . Analyzing the text's exploration of black women's misrepresentation in popular film and mainstream narratives...
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Figure 2. Still from Utsav (1984) starring screen legend, Rekha, in the role of a mythical courtesan, Vasantasena. Photo courtesy National Film Archives of India.
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Meridians (2009) 9 (2): 130–152.
Published: 01 March 2009
...Shahnaz Khan Abstract Drawing upon the cinematic narrative of the internationally acclaimed film Khamosh Pani , I relocate the issues it raises within a wider discussion about the gendered nature of conflict between religious communities during the chaos of the 1947 Partition of British India...
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