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Memory process and feminine desire in Claire Denis's 'Chocolat' and Brigitte Rouan's 'Outremer.'

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The 1980s witnessed a shift in the French cinema's treatment of the colonial epoch. In 'Chocolat' and 'Outremer,' female filmmakers Claire Denis and Brigitte Rouan approached colonialism by fusing a personal and intimate account of their lives in the colonies with the issues prevailing at the end of the colonial period. This is a departure from the approach of male directors, who exposed socio-political conflicts either directly or indirectly. Through their memory process, the two women filmmakers depict the lives of women colonists as apart from the colonial system. The films also express feminine desire by resisting the male order, seeking happiness and solace in bond with the female body and showing desire for the African male body.

Social aspects, France, Popular culture, Motion pictures, Movies, Colonies

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Desire for meaning: providing contexts for Prakrit gathas

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Two sanskrit commentaries on the 'Gathasaptasati' poetry anthology, one by Gangadharabhatta of the sixteenth-century and the other by Mathuranath Sastri of the twentieth-century, reflect the changing concerns of commentaries over time. The oldest, 'Maharastri Prakrit Gatha,' is interpreted in different ways by scholars. Gangadharabhatta's main concern was to show 'how' poems meant in this gatha, while Sastri reflected concerns for 'what' poems meant. The observational difference is due to the subjective nature of poems, which are understood according to the beholder's experience of desire and reality.

Poetry, Literary themes, Sanskrit literature, Gathasaptasati (Book)

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Means, meaning, and mediated space in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

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Flannery O'Connor's work 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' that depicts the extent and the limitations of the transformation of the South into commodified cliche are discussed.

Georgia, Landscape, O'Connor, Flannery, Critical essay, A Good Man is Hard to Find (Short fiction)

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