language‚ clothing‚ and skin color. At the same time people are also being labeled because of their culture for the same thing. Some may believe that culture barely informs the way a person others and the world. In Gurinder Chadha’s film‚ Bend It Like Beckham‚ Jess‚ a Sikh Female‚ decides to play soccer instead of preparing herself for marriage. According to Jess she says “I’m sick of this wedding and it hasn’t even started!” Jess is sic of the wedding even tho is has not started yet because
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Over the years‚ there have been many stereotypes and labels put on Indians. A movie called Bend It Like Beckham was released in 2002 and it touched upon many of these assumptions. The movie uses the life of the main character to create a representation of Indian culture. The plot is based around an Indian girl named Jessminder who has a passion for soccer‚ but her parents make it very clear to her that they do not want her spending her time on a sport. They want her to get a good education then
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Friends informs the way one view others and the world. In the film “Bend it like Beckham” by Gurinder Chadha it says “You know how we’ve been good friends for a long time now. We’d like to ask for your blessings. We’d like to get engaged. But look there’s one condition - I want Jesminder to go to college first‚ anywhere that she wants (2002).” This quote to me shows that friends will do anything for you to make you happy‚ no matter the consequence. Tony knew that Jes (Jesminder) wanted to go to college
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Bend It Like Beckham Essay Bend It Like Beckham is a movie directed by Gurinder Chadha. It revolves around Jesminder‚ a teenage Indian girl who’s passion is for playing soccer. This film explores many important themes such as racism‚ sexuality‚ stereotypes‚ breaking gender barriers and culture. The theme that I will be focusing on is culture. The main symbol for ’culture’ is food. Food is a recurrent theme of the film that is constantly repeated in scenes but only subtly. It has surprisingly
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The film ‘Bend it like Beckham’ main character is an Indian girl‚ Jess whose dream is to play professional football. However‚ Jess’s parents are Indians and their culture does not accept Indian girls playing football. The difference of beliefs causes conflict between Jess and her parents and the other characters in the film and highlights the cross-cultural interactions. Culture is a system of values beliefs‚ assumption and norms shared among a group of people (country‚ region‚ religion‚ profession
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The movie "Bend It Like Beckham" deals not only with different gender- appropriate behaviors but also how different cultures have their own set of gender- appropriate behaviors. Jessie is from an Orthodox Sikh Indian family. She dreams of being a famous soccer player one day and of playing soccer professionally like her idol David Beckham. She watches him on television and has posters of him hanging in her room. Jessie’s parents want to raise her traditionally. They want her to have domestic
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Exploration of Race and Gender Identity in the Movie ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ SCL 4110 - Gender and Culture Research Paper Zairen Tasnin 11 April 2013 Word Count: 1‚754 Gurinder Chadha is a British filmmaker who wrote‚ directed and produced the movie Bend it Like Beckham (G. Rings). The movie was premiered in the United States in 2003 and it had won praise from both critics and moviegoers for its accurate representations of the Asian culture (G. Rings) and initiating
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9: Film Study Bend it like Beckham is a 2002 British comedy-drama film‚ which focuses on an Indian family who is strict with their culture and religion. Jess (main character) faces a series of problems in order to achieve her dreams of becoming a professional football player. She had to bend some rules to achieve the goals in the end. I will be supporting this with the following arguments below. Firstly‚ the title of the film is “Bend it like Beckham” not “Break It like Beckham”. Secondly‚ I will
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that wasn’t hard enough already the world tries to shape you to who they want you to be with stereotypes‚ adolescences face a whole lot more issues as well. Adolescence is a burdensome time though in the end it shapes who you are. The film Bend It Like Beckham by Gurinda Chadha‚ explores many adolescence issues including gender stereotypes and generational differences between parents and adolescence. Gender Stereotypes‚ gender stereotypes can be a confronting and tough issue during adolescence since
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Intersectional analysis of Bend it Like Beckham. For this assignment‚ to make an intersectional analysis I decided to watch a movie. After searching and thinking for a while I picked the movie Bend it Like Beckham‚ since a lot of elements in this movie are applicable on my own life and I really could relate to one of the characters in the movie. As the title of the movie already implies‚ it is about football and takes place in England. Jesminder is a Sikh‚ Indian girl from a very traditional Indian
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