Rivista | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Fascicolo | 54 | 2018
Articolo | The Karma of Chicken Curry
The Karma of Chicken Curry
Tibetan Masala Films and Youth Narratives of Exile
- Mara Matta - La Sapienza Università di Roma, Italia - email
Abstract
This essay offers a preliminary study of the cultural translation practices by young Tibetan exilic filmmakers in India, whose films, rather than rejecting the masala formula offered by Bollywood, have tentatively adapted it to the expectations of a Tibetan diasporic audience looking for a cinema capable of attending to the escapist needs of their minds while simultaneously catering to the intimate dreams of their hearts. I contend that Tashi Wangchuk and Tsultrim Dorjee’s first long feature Phun Anu Thanu (Two Exiled Brothers, 2006) is as an original film that presents a new offer on the menu of Tibetan diasporic films, a kind of spicy curry that has been advocated as a timely necessity and a yet-to-be-fulfilled desire.
Presentato: 16 Gennaio 2018 | Accettato: 11 Febbraio 2018 | Pubblicato 25 Giugno 2018 | Lingua: en
Keywords Hybridity • Cultural identity • Exilic filmmaking • Tibetan diaspora • Hindi cinema
Copyright © 2018 Mara Matta. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2018/01/013
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Recensioni
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dc.identifier |
ECF_article_1343 |
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dc.title |
The Karma of Chicken Curry. Tibetan Masala Films and Youth Narratives of Exile |
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dc.contributor.author |
Matta Mara |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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dc.type |
Articolo |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2018/1/the-karma-of-chicken-curry/ |
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dc.description.abstract |
This essay offers a preliminary study of the cultural translation practices by young Tibetan exilic filmmakers in India, whose films, rather than rejecting the masala formula offered by Bollywood, have tentatively adapted it to the expectations of a Tibetan diasporic audience looking for a cinema capable of attending to the escapist needs of their minds while simultaneously catering to the intimate dreams of their hearts. I contend that Tashi Wangchuk and Tsultrim Dorjee’s first long feature Phun Anu Thanu (Two Exiled Brothers, 2006) is as an original film that presents a new offer on the menu of Tibetan diasporic films, a kind of spicy curry that has been advocated as a timely necessity and a yet-to-be-fulfilled desire. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Vol. 54 | Giugno 2018 |
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dc.issued |
2018-06-25 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2018-02-11 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2018-01-16 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2385-3042 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2018/01/013 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Cultural identity |
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dc.subject |
Cultural identity |
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dc.subject |
Exilic filmmaking |
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dc.subject |
Exilic filmmaking |
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dc.subject |
Hindi cinema |
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dc.subject |
Hindi cinema |
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dc.subject |
Hybridity |
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dc.subject |
Hybridity |
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dc.subject |
Tibetan diaspora |
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dc.subject |
Tibetan diaspora |
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