Films, Literature and Culture: Deepa Mehta's Elements Trilogy

Book Details:

• Author / Editor: Jasbir Jain

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition: 2007

• ISBN: 9788131600092

• Pages: 257

• Cover: Hardcover

• Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches

• Release Date: 01-01-2007

About the Book:
"Films, Literature and Culture" is a compelling collection of nineteen essays that delve into Deepa Mehta’s Elements Trilogy – Fire, 1947-Earth, and Water – to explore the interconnections between films, literature, and culture. The book highlights how these two mediums, film and literature, work together to capture the lived reality of cultural constructs through language and image.

The book examines the multilayered process of meaning production and interpretation in both film and literature, analyzing the ways in which they are shaped by history, location, and experience. Films and literature are not self-contained; instead, they reflect, question, and subvert culture.

Interpretative strategies in the book include social and political history, gender theory, feminism, cinematic frameworks, the theory of the gaze, landscape, diasporic identity, religion, patriarchy, and the history of the films themselves. The essays create a dialogue on the relationship between reality and representation, inviting readers to participate in the exploration of how films, literature, and culture reflect and shape one another.

This thought-provoking collection will be of interest to those studying film studies, gender studies, postcolonialism, and cultural studies.

About the Author / Editor:
Jasbir Jain, a UGC Fellow at the University of Rajasthan, is a renowned scholar working on the indigenous roots of feminism. As the Series Editor of Writers of the Indian Diaspora, Jain has contributed significantly to drama and film studies. Her recent publications include “Beyond Postcolonialism: Dreams and Realities of a Nation” and “Reading Partition/Living Partition”, both of which engage deeply with the cultural and political narratives in Indian literature and cinema.