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Diasporic visions: colonialism, nostalgia and the empire in Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House
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posted on 2020-05-29, 15:11 authored by Clelia CliniReleased on the 70th anniversary of Partition, Gurinder Chadha’s film Viceroy’s House, which is narratively and stylistically constructed in the fashion of heritage cinema, chronicles the last days of the empire in India and is said to provide a ‘British Asian perspective’ on Partition. This article addresses the debate that followed the release of the film and, in particular, the analysis focuses on the interplay between Partition, diaspora, and representations of the imperial past. Through the analysis of the film’s structure and narrative, the article discusses its representation of British India and argues that, notwithstanding its potential to unsettle traditional representations of the empire of period dramas, the film’s glamorous depiction of the British rulers ultimately feeds into the contemporary wave of colonial nostalgia.
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South Asian DiasporaVolume
13Issue
1Pages
23-36Publisher
Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in South Asian Diaspora on 28 May 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19438192.2020.1767894.Acceptance date
2020-04-30Publication date
2020-05-28Copyright date
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1943-8192eISSN
1943-8184Publisher version
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