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 who have abandoned them emotionally. The film's unprecedented lesbian themes led to riots outside cinemas in India and necessitated police protection for the director for over a year.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551523637
Publisher:	Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date:	11/30/2010
Series:	Queer Film Classics Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)

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