Book Discussion on ‘Contested Representation: Dalits, Popular Hindi Cinema, and Public Sphere’

Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
invites you to a Book Discussion on
Contested Representation
Dalits, Popular Hindi Cinema, and Public Sphere
by Dhananjay Rai
Discussants: Ravikant, Sarah Rahman Niazi and Harish. S. Wankhede
Chair: Prabhat Kumar
Tuesday, 1 November, 4.30 pm IST
Seminar Room and Zoom
Link: bit.ly/3Sq3Ws2
Meeting ID: 87381097487
Passcode: csdsdelhi
Popular Hindi cinema has become a significant signpost of contemporaneity due to its construction of social language. Cinema also needs a new way of discerning with respect to ‘Dalit Representation’. Contested Representation looks at the construction and meaning of the social language of Hindi cinema. It encompasses the nature of absence and presence of Dalits in Hindi cinema.
Dhananjay Rai is Visiting Fellow at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi and faculty at Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.
Ravikant is Associate Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Sarah Rahman Niazi teaches at School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi.
Harish. S. Wankhede is Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Prabhat Kumar is Assistant Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.