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Indian Movies, Narratives of Dissent and Objectification

Atticus Narain is at Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK. E-mail: atticusnarain{at}hotmail.com.

This article examines negative attitudes around Indian films generated in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, to engage in the changing politics of Indian marginality, media representation and political relations towards Indians. By juxtaposing a series of ethnically charged speaking positions ignited by Indian cinema I highlight how the capital is seen as, essentially an Afrocentric space, contested by the shift in political power towards a ‘perceived’ Indian government. These various positions present how Indian films are made synonymous with Indian culture and how that culture is performed, celebrated and disavowed in this urban space.

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