Open Access'Manashi' or 'Manushi'- Satyajit Ray's Treatment of Women
Author(s) -
Saumitra Chakravarty
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
artha journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-329X
DOI - 10.12724/ajss.1.10
Subject(s) - mythology , bengali , independence (probability theory) , conscience , gaze , gender studies , psychology , id, ego and super ego , sociology , social psychology , psychoanalysis , art , political science , literature , linguistics , law , philosophy , statistics , mathematics
This paper attempts to analyse the de-mythologisation of Indian and particularly Bengali womanhood, that in the author's opinion, is to be found in Satyajit Ray's movies. These myths have been erected by the male ego, the male conscience and the male gaze. Diverse factors have contributed to the build-up of these stereotypes in pre- and post-Independence periods. These factors have been studied during the course of this paper.