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From the Mother India to an Urban Love Romance Heroin, Feminist Representation in Indian Films

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370191
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Art at large
Research InstitutionKobe Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Akai Toshio  神戸学院大学, 人文学部, 教授 (00192873)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywordsインド映画 / 南アジア / ジェンダー格差 / 神話 / スターシステム / セレブリティ / 映像学 / 女優監督 / 女流監督
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to make obvious how gender difference is visually represented in Indian Cinema, and how the shift of the representation is competed with Indian audiences' appreciation of womanhood as a significant part of workforce in India’s modernizing society. My research employed three approaches; historical analysis in film study, the review of "female-centering films," and the interviews with the heroine actresses, and those of other departments of the film industry. The first two approaches were not productive as expected. However, the third one was fertile in discovering that certain actresses, bestowed with acute sense of the female representation, are conscious of social incidents such as the Delhi rape case in 2012, and their social awareness makes them a leading figure in several liberal movements, thereby the creation of an unborn female-centering film, entirely different from an existing one in style and manner, is being motivated in their minds.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2017 2015 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] “Still the Land of Gold?: a Study of Japan’s Reception of Indian Cinema and the Predominance of Regional Films in Creating a Mass Market2017

    • Author(s)
      Toshio Akai
    • Journal Title

      人間文化

      Volume: 41 Pages: 41-52

    • NAID

      40021363575

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Still the Land of Gold?: a Study of Japan’s Reception of Indian Cinema and the Predominance of Regional Films in Creating a Mass Market2017

    • Author(s)
      Toshio Akai, Naoko Ataka
    • Journal Title

      人間文化

      Volume: 41

    • NAID

      40021363575

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] インド映画における 女性映画人の役割2015

    • Author(s)
      赤井敏夫
    • Organizer
      日本映像学会関西支部
    • Place of Presentation
      近畿大学東大阪キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Rohini and Nithya Manen Speak

    • URL

      http://indian-actress.org

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Indian Cinema as Actresses See It

    • URL

      http://indian-actress.org

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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