Ethical encounters : transnational feminism, human rights, and war cinema in Bangladesh / Elora Halim Chowdhury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chowdhury, Elora Halim, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights in motion pictures.

National characteristics in motion pictures.

Women in motion pictures.

Feminism and motion pictures.

Feminist film criticism.

Bangladesh--History--Revolution, 1971--Motion pictures and the revolution.

Bangladesh.

Bangladesh--History--Revolution, 1971--Women.

Bangladesh--History--Revolution, 1971--Women--Personal narratives.

Bangladesh--In motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.

Contents:

Prologue

Chapter 1: Introduction: National Cinema and Its Absences

Chapter 2: When Love and Violence Meet: Women's Agency and Transformative Politics in Rubaiyat Hossain's Meherjaan

Chapter 3: Ethical Reckoning: Theorizing Gender, Vulnerability and Agency in Nasiruddin Yousuff's Guerilla

Chapter 4: Ethical Encounters: Friendship, Reckoning, and Healing in Shameem Akhtar's Itihaash Konna

Chapter 5: Muktijuddho Film as Disruptive Archive, Filmmaker as Witness

Chapter 6: Muktijuddho Cinema as Human Rights Cinema

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 23, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Chowdhury, Elora Halim. Ethical encounters

ISBN:

9781439922262

1439922268

Publisher Number:

40031183673

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.