Film test 5

Question 1

what elements can be seen to have queer undertone

Answer 1

weddings and song and dance that challenge traditional gender expectation

Question 2

what is homosociality

Answer 2

normally male friendships is a space where queer erotics can be represented without being named queer

Question 3

what are the three main portrayals of queer

Answer 3

homosocial, love triangles, and mother son dynamics

Question 4

how does the portrayal of men challange gender roles?

Answer 4

throught the there sentiment to love

Question 5

how has women questioned gender roles

Answer 5

they always questioned there traditional gender roles

Question 6

queer relationships often go unnamed what space does this provide

Answer 6

it offers a sense of liberation from social constraints as it pushes relationships outside of whats in the realms of normal

Question 7

whats expression of queer in film

Answer 7

cross dressing

Question 8

how is women initially perceived in bollywood and what purpose did it serve

Answer 8

they were alluring and sacrificing and domesticated but this served the image of indian womenhood that served both national and patriarchal interest

Question 9

what happened in the 1990s

Answer 9

india became liberalized and the country became more intergrated with the shift of focus from the mythic characters and the consumer narratives

Question 10

how did this switch to consumer change representation of gender

Answer 10

representation of an ideal indian women began to change and new tyoes of females characters emerged

Question 11

how does bollywood increases consumerist tropes

Answer 11

kai no film where it centres around the trip ot new york and she initially is a traditional indian women but later on in the film undergoes a transformations of more glam to reflect her aspirations of of a

Question 12

how does bollywood implicate love triangles

Answer 12

to explore complex gender dynamics in a modernized india