Set this house on fire

Authors
Upadhya, C
Citation
C. Upadhya, Set this house on fire, ECON POLIT, 33(50), 1998, pp. 3176-3177
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY
ISSN journal
00129976 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
50
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3176 - 3177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(199812)33:50<3176:STHOF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The film 'Fire' has been so violently opposed precisely because it is perce ived as challenging male control over female sexuality, which is at the bas e of the power structures - of family, caste and class which the Hindu righ t seeks to preserve.