| Title: | Traveling Bodies: Gender, Nationalism and Diasporic Identity Formation in Gurinder Chadha’s Bhaji on the Beach; |
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| Authors and Corporations: | |
| In: | Asian Cinema, 20, 2009, 2, p. 18-38 |
| published: |
Intellect
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 18-38 |
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| ISSN: |
1059-440X
2049-6710 |
| DOI: | 10.1386/ac.20.2.18_1 |
| published in: | Asian Cinema |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Collection: | Intellect (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>Gurinder Chadha’s film, Bhaji on the Beach , explores the issues of home, identity, hybridity, and belonging with respect to Indian women in Britain. The film revolves around a group of Indian women ranging from the age of 16 to 60, all members of the Saheli (girlfriend) Women’s Centre who go on a day-trip to Blackpool, a popular beach resort for working class Britons. This ensemble of characters represents a range of marginalizations experienced by the ethnic women in Britain today.</jats:p> |