Ethical Encounters: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh

by Elora Halim Chowdhury

Book Overview

Ethical Encounters is an exploration of the intersection of feminism, human rights, and memory to illuminate how visual practices of recollecting violent legacies in Bangladeshi cinema can conjure a global cinematic imagination for the advancement of humanity.

By examining contemporary, women-centered Muktijuddho cinema--features and documentaries that focus on the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971--Elora Chowdhury shows how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143992225X
• ISBN13: 9781439922255
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"