Towards Mature Manhood: The Representation of Neoliberal Boyhood in Bollywood Cinema.
In India, social, economic and cultural barriers shape boyhood as a precursor to masculine authority in a traditional patriarchal sense. This paper examines how the radicalness of rebellious boyhood challenges the dominant discourses of traditional masculinity and constructs a reconfigured masculine...
| Publicado en: | Australian Feminist Studies Vol. 39; no. 119/120; pp. 142 - 158 |
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