The exploitation of women: Narrative of oppressed women in movies.

The status of women in Indian society has been paradoxical emanating from a deeply embedded socially construed gender‐based exploitation owing to historical and sociological reasons. Moreover, the intersectionality of gender and caste has made them one of the marginalized social groups who experienc...

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Published in:American Journal of Economics & Sociology Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 511 - 520
Main Authors: Alam, Iftekhar, Lakshmi, Seetha
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2024
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          Alam, Iftekhar
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        affil: Department of Social Work, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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        Caste
        Sex discrimination
        Caste discrimination
        Social marginality
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        Indian women (Asians)
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      ab: The status of women in Indian society has been paradoxical emanating from a deeply embedded socially construed gender‐based exploitation owing to historical and sociological reasons. Moreover, the intersectionality of gender and caste has made them one of the marginalized social groups who experience discrimination, exclusion, and exploitation. Plethora of Bollywood movies, and regional cinema narrate the humiliation and exploitation of women in various spheres of their life. Some of the recent Bollywood and regional cinema has successfully attempted to highlight the gender‐based exploitation and exclusion. Therefore, drawing upon an Amazon web series 'Dahad' and a movie 'Kathal‐a jackfruit mystery' the paper tries to explore the struggle, exploitation, discrimination, aspiration, and assertion of women against existing social oppression. Taking the inferences from these two movies, the paper endeavors to seek the answer to the following questions: What are the nature and pattern of gender and caste‐based humiliation of women? How gender and caste intersect in their humiliation and social exclusion? How are women making their own struggle against gender oppression and exploitation in society? What is the tactic they use to negotiate gender discrimination? How are they asserting against gender‐based discrimination? How are they asserting their 'agency' in patriarchal and hierarchical society? What aspire and motivate them to fight for their dignity?
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