Family Norms and Images in Transition

Prof. Dr. Nadja-Christina Schneider; Dr. Fritzi-Marie Titzmann

doi:10.5771/9783845294056

Summary

In an ever-changing world, the family continues to simultaneously symbolise persistence and transformation. This book looks at various shifts, ruptures and continuities in representations of contemporary Indian families. How the media conveys family norms and images as well as the nature of romantic relationships constitutes the book’s central approach, which connects the different discussions in it. Its chapters analyse documentary and feature films, promotional material, such as television commercials, and the usage of new media technologies in communication. The authors look at visualisations of familial change, ranging from split motherhood, new fatherhood and dysfunctional families to intergenerational relationships, including the pre-marriage stage of life. Aimed at an interdisciplinary readership interested in South Asian, gender and media studies, this book thus contributes to our understanding of the current—ideological and ‘lived’—reality of an Indian family. With contributions byParul Bhandari, Nadja-Christina Schneider, Stefanie Strulik, Fritzi-Marie Titzmann

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5225-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9405-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 113
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
Introduction: Family Norms and Images in Transition. Contemporary Negotiations of Reproductive Labor, Love and Relationships in India No access Pages 7 - 10 Fritzi-Marie Titzmann, Nadja-Christina Schneider
Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
1. Introduction No access Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
2. Towards 'New' Indian Fatherhood? No access Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
3. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 2017 multimedia campaign No access Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
4. Men in Crises and Selfies with Daughters No access Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
5. Contested Notions of Gender Justice: #SelfieWithDaughter and 'real manhood' No access Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
6. Conclusion No access Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
7. References No access Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
Nadja-Christina Schneider
1. Documentary Films as »Channels of Mediation« No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
2. I. Translocal Circuits and Connectivities of Technologically Assisted Reproduction: »Google Baby« (2009) No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
3. II. Intermedial References and Intertextual Borrowings: »The House of Surrogates« (2013) No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
4. III. Living and Laboring Under a Panoptic Gaze No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
5. IV. Framing Surrogacy as Labor vs. a Prevalent Rhetoric of »Rented Wombs« No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
6. Outlook No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
7. References No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
8. Films No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
Nadja-Christina Schneider
1. Introduction No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
2. Nadja-Christina Schneider
  1. Visualizing Split Parenthood - Negotiating Normative Motherhood and Kinship No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
3. Nadja-Christina Schneider
  1. Promoting 'Authentic Actors' - Authenticating the 'Documented Reality' in a Fictional Film No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
4. Repro-Dramas as a Way of Translating Expertise Across Different Domains of Knowledge? No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
5. Conclusion No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
6. Nadja-Christina Schneider
  1. Films No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
  2. Literature No access Nadja-Christina Schneider
Parul Bhandari
1. Parul Bhandari
  1. 1.1 Struggles for the Family No access Parul Bhandari
  2. 1.2 The Family as a Site of Patriarchy No access Parul Bhandari
  3. 1.3 Re-integration of the Family No access Parul Bhandari
2. Parul Bhandari
  1. 2.1 The 'Neoliberal' Middle Class No access Parul Bhandari
  2. 2.2 Interpersonal Dynamics of Romance No access Parul Bhandari
3. Parul Bhandari
  1. 3.1 The Mundane Setting of Discords No access Parul Bhandari
  2. 3.2 Fraternal Frictions No access Parul Bhandari
  3. 3.3 The Deceiving and Protecting Mother No access Parul Bhandari
  4. 3.4 Sex and Sexuality No access Parul Bhandari
4. Conclusion No access Parul Bhandari
5. References No access Parul Bhandari
Stefanie Strulik
1. Why Muslim Middle Class? No access Stefanie Strulik
2. Negotiating Field Relations, Mutual Stereotypes and Trust No access Stefanie Strulik
3. Premarital Relationships No access Stefanie Strulik
4. Technological Change and Dating No access Stefanie Strulik
5. Physical Intimacy, »Just Friendship« and Cross-Communal Dating No access Stefanie Strulik
6. Processes of Distinction: Middleclassness and Dating No access Stefanie Strulik
7. Conclusion: Situative Plural Affiliations of Belonging No access Stefanie Strulik
8. References No access Stefanie Strulik
List of Contributors No access Pages 113 - 113