Epistemic violence and retaliationthe issue of knowledges in Mother India

  1. Enrique Galván-Álvarez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá, España
Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2010

Volumen: 32

Número: 2

Páginas: 11-26

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

This paper looks at the violent interaction of knowledges in the film Mother India from a perspective that takes into account both post- and pre-modern Indian system of thought. Using the subaltern project and its Foucauldian inspiration as a stepping stone for looking at power relations, but also pointing to its shortcomings, Birju’s retaliation is interpreted as a process of empowerment through oral knowledges. Then, this empowering process is discussed in terms of various Indian pre-modern traditions in which orality and vow-taking were considered important sources of empowerment and inspiration for action. Finally, I offer a reading of the film that does not dwell on the standpoints of gender issues and nation-building from which is most frequently interpreted.

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