Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far Pavilions

Abstract: During the 1980s, Thatcher’s economic revolution brought about important ideological and cultural implications closely related to the issue of identity construction. The Raj Revival cinematic productions apparently reflected the Conservative government’s return to the values of the past. N...

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Main Author: Elena Oliete Aldea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Almeria 2017-03-01
Series:Odisea
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Online Access:http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/196
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spelling doaj-ff407d0c552a46f3918ea510aebd5e042020-11-25T02:06:21ZengUniversidad de AlmeriaOdisea1578-38202174-16112017-03-010616117010.25115/odisea.v0i6.196179Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far PavilionsElena Oliete Aldea0universidad de zaragozaAbstract: During the 1980s, Thatcher’s economic revolution brought about important ideological and cultural implications closely related to the issue of identity construction. The Raj Revival cinematic productions apparently reflected the Conservative government’s return to the values of the past. Nonetheless, a deeper analysis of these productions also points to their ambiguous nature in their portrayal of gender, race and class tensions. My aim in this essay is to demonstrate how the 1984 TV series The Far Pavilions reflects this conflict of identities, especially through the analysis of the main character, a British subject raised by an Indian family who falls in love with a half-cast Indian princess. Resumen: Durante los años 80, la revolución económica thatcheriana llevó implícitos cambios ideológicos y culturales estrechamente relacionados con el tema de la construcción de la identidad. Las producciones denominadas “Raj Revival” reflejaban aparentemente el retorno a los valores del pasado defendido por el gobierno conservador. Sin embargo, un análisis más detallado de estas producciones también indica una gran ambigüedad en el retrato de las tensiones existentes entre género, raza y clase. En este ensayo intentaré demostrar cómo la serie británica The Far Pavilions refleja este conflicto de identidades a través del personaje principal, un británico criado por una familia india que se enamora de una princesa indica mestiza.http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/196cinemaidentityracegenderthatchercineidentidadrazagénerothatcher
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Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far Pavilions
Odisea
cinema
identity
race
gender
thatcher
cine
identidad
raza
género
thatcher
author_facet Elena Oliete Aldea
author_sort Elena Oliete Aldea
title Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far Pavilions
title_short Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far Pavilions
title_full Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far Pavilions
title_fullStr Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far Pavilions
title_full_unstemmed Reborn From Hybrid Ashes: Troubled Identities and Nostalgic Views in The Far Pavilions
title_sort reborn from hybrid ashes: troubled identities and nostalgic views in the far pavilions
publisher Universidad de Almeria
series Odisea
issn 1578-3820
2174-1611
publishDate 2017-03-01
description Abstract: During the 1980s, Thatcher’s economic revolution brought about important ideological and cultural implications closely related to the issue of identity construction. The Raj Revival cinematic productions apparently reflected the Conservative government’s return to the values of the past. Nonetheless, a deeper analysis of these productions also points to their ambiguous nature in their portrayal of gender, race and class tensions. My aim in this essay is to demonstrate how the 1984 TV series The Far Pavilions reflects this conflict of identities, especially through the analysis of the main character, a British subject raised by an Indian family who falls in love with a half-cast Indian princess. Resumen: Durante los años 80, la revolución económica thatcheriana llevó implícitos cambios ideológicos y culturales estrechamente relacionados con el tema de la construcción de la identidad. Las producciones denominadas “Raj Revival” reflejaban aparentemente el retorno a los valores del pasado defendido por el gobierno conservador. Sin embargo, un análisis más detallado de estas producciones también indica una gran ambigüedad en el retrato de las tensiones existentes entre género, raza y clase. En este ensayo intentaré demostrar cómo la serie británica The Far Pavilions refleja este conflicto de identidades a través del personaje principal, un británico criado por una familia india que se enamora de una princesa indica mestiza.
topic cinema
identity
race
gender
thatcher
cine
identidad
raza
género
thatcher
url http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/196
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