“Is Gandhi the hero?”: A Reappraisal of Gandhi’s Views about Women in Deepa Mehta’s Water

<p>Set in 1938 against the backdrop of India’s anti-colonial movement led by Gandhi, the film <em>Water</em> (2005) by Deepa Mehta crudely exposes one of the most demeaning aspects of the patriarchal ideology of Hinduism: the custom of condemning widows to a life of self-denial and...

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Autor principal: Pilar Somacarrera-Íñigo
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Publicado: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/976186aaf7fc4eb29d10186421826200
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