From Teen Kanya to Arshinagar: feminist politics, Bengali high culture and the stardom of Aparna Sen

This paper makes an attempt to understand the stardom of the Bengali film-maker and actor Aparna Sen, who has been associated with the industry for 55 years. We argue that Sen’s star persona is based on a polysemic structure, to borrow Richard Dyer’s term, which comes from the multiple roles she has...

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Main Authors: Kaustav Bakshi, Rohit Dasgupta
Format: Default Article
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/24578
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