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Authors and Corporations: Narain, Atticus
In: Journal of Creative Communications, 2, 2007, 1-2, p. 57-77
published:
SAGE Publications
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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Physical Description: 57-77
ISSN: 0973-2586
0973-2594
DOI: 10.1177/097325860700200204
published in: Journal of Creative Communications
Language: English
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Collection: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p>This article examines negative attitudes around Indian films generated in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, to engage in the changing politics of Indian marginality, media representation and political relations towards Indians. By juxtaposing a series of ethnically charged speaking positions ignited by Indian cinema I highlight how the capital is seen as, essentially an Afrocentric space, contested by the shift in political power towards a ‘perceived’ Indian government. These various positions present how Indian films are made synonymous with Indian culture and how that culture is performed, celebrated and disavowed in this urban space.</jats:p>