Sexualized Objects and the Embodiment of Caste Honour: Rape in Dalit Women-centric Movies

IF 0.3 Q3 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Chandrakant Kamble
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Several popular Hindi movies feature attempted rapes and gang rapes, reinforcing the rape culture, which must be problematized. The study analyses selected movies and demonstrates that the caste and gendered form of sexual violence carries multiple levels, the nature of gang rape, rape as erotic entertainment, and an embodiment of caste honour with rape as an element of revenge. These elements are unique to Indian movies as they incite caste honours, and normalize sexual assaults, supporting and glorifying Indian rape culture. The study illustrates the awareness of the culture of caste and gendered honour-based dominant caste ideologies in selected movies and demonstrates how these can legitimize and encourage rape. This could lead to a better-integrated understanding of this rural rape culture. The study argues that the Indian mainstream film industry has mainly portrayed Dalit women’s rape and suggests Savarna filmmakers’ obedience to such portrayals has consequently intensified the hype and reproduction of rape culture in Indian society. Significantly, the last decade has witnessed noticeable accumulations in sexual violence against the subaltern Dalit women aggregated.
性化对象与种姓荣誉的体现:以贱民妇女为中心的电影中的强奸案
几部流行的印地语电影以强奸未遂和轮奸为主题,强化了强奸文化,必须将其问题化。本研究分析了所选电影,并表明种姓和性别形式的性暴力具有多个层面,包括轮奸的性质、强奸作为色情娱乐、种姓荣誉的体现以及强奸作为报复的因素。这些元素是印度电影所独有的,因为它们煽动种姓荣誉,将性侵犯正常化,支持并美化印度强奸文化。本研究说明了所选电影中对种姓文化和基于性别荣誉的主流种姓意识形态的认识,并展示了这些意识形态如何使强奸合法化并鼓励强奸。这将有助于更好地理解这种农村强奸文化。本研究认为,印度主流电影业主要描写达利特妇女被强奸的故事,并认为萨瓦纳电影制作人对这种描写的顺从加剧了印度社会对强奸文化的炒作和复制。值得注意的是,在过去十年中,针对处于社会底层的达利特妇女的性暴力明显增多。
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Contemporary Voice of Dalit
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