Myth and Patriarchy in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth

dc.cclicence	CC-BY-NC	en
dc.contributor.author	Ridon, Manjeet
dc.date.acceptance	2014-10-08
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-29T10:09:04Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-29T10:09:04Z
dc.date.issued	2014-10-08
dc.description.abstract	This article analyses how Heaven on Earth (2008) uses Indian mythology to expose the reality of culturally driven violence against Sikh Punjabi women in Canada, occurring as a result of transnational marriages between diaspora-based Non-Resident Indian (hereafter NRI) men and Sikh Punjabi women. Referring to Bruce Lincoln’s theory of myth as ideology, I argue that the film explores how some of these women have experienced marginalisation and how a discourse of abuse can be challenged through myth.	en
dc.funder	No external funder	en
dc.identifier.citation	Ridon, M. (2014) Myth and Patriarchy in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth. Journal of Punjab Studies, 21(2), pp, 223-244.	en
dc.identifier.other	pdfs.semanticscholar.org
dc.identifier.uri	https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/19543
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.peerreviewed	Yes	en
dc.publisher	University of California	en
dc.researchinstitute	Institute of English	en
dc.subject	South Asian Canadian	en
dc.subject	Punjabi Indian	en
dc.subject	Patriarchy	en
dc.subject	Mythology	en
dc.subject	Diaspora	en
dc.subject	Girish Karnad	en
dc.subject	immigration	en
dc.subject	Bollywood	en
dc.subject	Snakes	en
dc.subject	Sheesh Naag	en
dc.subject	Bruce Lincoln	en
dc.subject	Non-Resident Indian	en
dc.subject	NRI	en
dc.title	Myth and Patriarchy in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth	en
dc.type	Article	en

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