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March 5, 2008 at 08:38:26 Permalink
Iftekhar Sayeed at Unlikely 2.0

Diary Entry by Iftekhar Sayeed (about the author)

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The failure of the nation state in South Asia is reflected in the region's cinema, which clearly shows a lack of shared imagination, with films being classified as A grade and C grade, corresponding to their elite and mass audiences respectively. Unsurprisingly, the female form shows the same schizophrenia at work, with the mass audience demanding the traditional, heavy female form, and the westernized elite the lighter.

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Iftekhar Sayeed teaches English and economics. He was born and lives in Dhaka, ‎Bangladesh. He has contributed to AXIS OF LOGIC, ENTER TEXT, POSTCOLONIAL ‎TEXT, LEFT CURVE, MOBIUS, ERBACCE, THE JOURNAL, and other publications. ‎He (more...)

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