Gurinder Chadha’s Bride and Prejudice: A Transnational Journey Through Time and Space

Authors

  • Elena Oliete-Aldea University of Zaragoza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes.12.1.118181
Keywords: transnational cinema, film genres, diaspora, globalization, hybridity

Supporting Agencies

  • Reseach project granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education
  • ref. FFI2010-15263

Abstract

At the beginning of the 21st century, the processes of globalization have propelled intense cultural contacts between formerly cohesive communities resulting in both homogenizing and hybridizing socio-cultural changes (Robertson, 1995: 27); these changes, however, go hand in hand with a “global fear” of a potentially threatening “other”, which fuel people to take defensive actions that re-create “protective” prejudices and boundaries (Bauman, 2006: 97). As culturally hybrid products, transnational films not only transcend the limits of cinematic genres but cultural boundaries based on prejudice and uneven power relations. Chadha’s transnational movie Bride and Prejudice (2004) includes elements of Hollywood, Bollywood and British cinematic traditions to create a hybrid transnational film that metaphorically represents the re-emergence of past prejudices in contemporary encounters of Eastern and Western cultures. Following a cultural studies methodological approach, this article intends to analyze the competing meanings and interpretations the film offers when set against its globalized cultural background.

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Author Biography

Elena Oliete-Aldea, University of Zaragoza

Elena Oliete Aldea is a lecturer at the Department of English Studies of the University of Zaragoza, Spain. In 2009, she completed her PhD thesis on cinematographic representations of identity and inter-ethnic romance in British cinema. Her research centers on film and cultural studies, more specifically on the influence of national identity and economy on the cinematographic representations of gender and ethnic relationships. She is a member of research groups on cinema, cultural studies and business communication.
Published
15-05-2012
How to Cite
Oliete-Aldea, E. (2012). Gurinder Chadha’s Bride and Prejudice: A Transnational Journey Through Time and Space. International Journal of English Studies, 12(1), 167–182. https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes.12.1.118181
Issue
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2012): Open Issue
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