Asian Affairs· 2026Q2
Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India
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Contemporary Hindi cinema reflects the pervasive uncertainty and insecurity of neoliberal India by portraying 'precarity' through evolving narrative and aesthetic strategies.
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- Contemporary Hindi cinema increasingly depicts 'precarity,' characterized by uncertainty and insecurity in unstable work environments.
- Films from the 21st century show evolving narrative and aesthetic strategies to represent this theme.
- The study links cinematic representations of precarity to the socio-economic impacts of neoliberalism in India.
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Abstract
This is a rigorous and expansive study of contemporary Hindi cinema’s representation of ‘precarity’ – the state of persistent uncertainty and insecurity felt by those enduring unstable working cond...
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Field: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
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