Fire: A Queer Film Classic

by Shohini Ghosh

Overview

A Queer Film Classic: the 1996 film by Indian-born director Deepa Mehta, about the burgeoning relationship between the wives of two brothers; its unprecedented lesbian themes led to riots outside cinemas in India.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551523927
Publisher:	Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date:	11/30/2010
Series:	Queer Film Classics Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Shohini Ghosh: Shohini Ghosh is Professor at the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, a university in New Delhi. Tales of the Night Fairies, her documentary on the sex workers rights movement, made a strong intervention in debates on sex work. She writes on contemporary media practices and sexuality.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Synopsis 13

Credits 16

Introduction: A Revisitation 19

1 Born in Flames 31

2 You Can See Without Looking 69

3 Queer Incitements 111

Conclusion: Why Fire Has Changed Our Ways of Looking 145

References 159

Filmography 165

Index 168