Designing a visual palimpsest through film: A critical examination of Jodhaa Akbar and the nationalist narrative
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Shaifali Arora; Nirmala Menon; Reema Chowdhary
- Source
- South Asian Popular Culture. 16:253-262
- Subject
- Cultural Studies
Literature
History
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
business.industry
Narrative history
05 social sciences
Subject (philosophy)
Biography
Critical examination
0506 political science
Nationalism
050903 gender studies
050602 political science & public administration
Palimpsest
Narrative
0509 other social sciences
business
Construct (philosophy)
- Language
- ISSN
- 1474-6697
1474-6689
The article critically analyzes how historical narrative redesigns the past to serve the needs of present and construct a palimpsest that is subject to constant erasure and revision. The study choo...