Organizer: THE DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN SOCIETIES, CULTURES AND LANGUAGES & THE BODAS FAMILY SOUTH ASIA PROGRAMMING FUNDS AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
About the Session
- When: April 4th, 2024
- Time: 12:15pm /10:45pm IST
- Free and Open Session
- Platform: Zoom
Speaker: Pavitra Sundar, Associate Professor, Hamilton College
Commentators
Neepa Majumdar, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Debashree Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Columbia University
Moderator: Douglas Haynes, Professor, Dartmouth College
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Join us for the seventh Conversations South Asia event on South Asia-related topics held by Dartmouth College, where we will delve into the transformative power of sound in cinema through Pavitra Sundar’s “Listening with a Feminist Ear”. This groundbreaking book challenges the dominant visual-centric approach to film studies, advocating for a radical shift towards listening as a critical method of analysis. By examining mainstream Bombay cinema, the author brings to light the intricate ways in which sound—specifically singing, listening, and speaking—shapes gendered identities and exposes the nuanced interplay of power and privilege. Through a feminist interpretive practice, Sundar not only critiques established narratives but also offers new, liberatory imaginaries that challenge hegemonic discourses.