Paradoxes of female affirmation: curing the mental illness of the modern Indian woman in Dear Zindagi

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dc.contributor.authorSuliman, Faatima
dc.contributor.supervisorLigaga, Dina
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-02T08:42:58Z
dc.date.available2023-11-02T08:42:58Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentDepartment of Media Studies
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, 2022
dc.description.abstractIn examining the Bollywood film Dear Zindagi this study explores the ways in which the progressive narrative of women empowerment is complicated through themes of mental illness and mental health. Furthermore, this study explores modern patriarchy as a concept used to control and manage femininity, further complicating feminist narratives. Theoretically centered within literature on feminism, Bollywood, mental illness, patriarchy, and the bildungsroman, this study examines the influence modern patriarchal narratives have on redefining feminist narratives to fit modern society and how Dear Zindagi is able to progress as a feminist narrative.
dc.description.librarianPC(2023)
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.citationSuliman, Faatima. (2022). Paradoxes of female affirmation: curing the mental illness of the modern Indian woman in Dear Zindagi. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/36883
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4784-1777
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/36883
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2022 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolLiterature, Language and Media
dc.subjectBollywood
dc.subjectFeminism
dc.subjectPost-feminism
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectMental illness
dc.subjectPatriarchy
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-3: Good health and well-being
dc.titleParadoxes of female affirmation: curing the mental illness of the modern Indian woman in Dear Zindagi
dc.typeDissertation

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