The struggle to belong is significant in shaping the familial and cultural relationships of migrants. This idea is evident in two of Peter Skrzynecki’s poems‚ Feliks Skrzynecski and postcard‚ as well as the movie bend it like beckham directed by Gurinda Chadha. All of us have had to struggle for something in our lives‚ however‚ when minorities such as the ones portrayed in these texts are forced into a struggle due to their ancestry‚ their ties with their family and culture are greatly influenced
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The movie “Bend it like Beckham” is about a young Indian girl trying to break stereotypes and adventure out to be a great soccer player just like her hero David Beckham. The main character Jesminder Bhamra‚ nicknamed Jess‚ wants to play soccer but her parents have a different plan for her. The parents want their daughter to leave sports and focus on finding a husband just like her sister Pinky did‚ by marrying a nice Indian man and learning how to cook. Jess is trying to fulfill her dreams without
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This essay is about the 2002 film ‘Bend it Like Beckham.’ The film is about a teenage girl of Indian decent‚ living in modern-day London. She is passionate about soccer‚ but her immigrant parents who follow the Sikh religion and culture‚ ban her from playing it. The major themes that will be discussed in my essay are the issues of gender. My major theme includes such topics as sexism‚ sexuality and the expectations put upon a certain gender according to religion or culture. Examples of sexism
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"Bend it like Beckham" Essay The movie‚ "Bend it like Beckham"‚ is not only about a girl wanting to be a soccer player‚ it is also about cultural geography. In this movie‚ cultural geography plays a big role. Everything about it has to do with where they are from and what there culture is like. All aspects of these things play a part in this movie. This movie takes place in the country of England. The main girl in the story though is Indian. Her family migrated from India‚ along with others in
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different ways. Shakespeare’s classic‚ As you like it and in Gurinda Chadra’s comedy‚ Bend it like Beckham‚ are both representations of the concept of belonging. Bend it like Beckham is a modern interpretation which explores similar notions as Shakespeare’s classic As you like it. In all three texts belonging is represented through gender roles‚ family influence and the connection of marriage. The central character‚ Jessminder‚ in bend it like beckham must overcome her cultural restraints as a young
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Bend It Like Beckham Essay KaTsun Tsang Gurinder Chadha has used dialogue to show the difference posed by opposing cultures. And most particular‚ Jesminder Bhamra (or ‘Jess’ as she is commonly known)‚ is made to overcome the complications of wanting to both appease her traditional Sikh family‚ and her constant internal struggle as she tries to achieve her goal of becoming a football player‚ like her idol David Beckham. Gurinder Chadha’s dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face
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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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Bend it like beckham portrays the story of a young indian women named Jasminder Nagra who is caught between the barriers of both her own culture and the western culture. Her sense of belonging is then distorted when Football (soccer) comes into play during the film. Frequent close ups of both the traditional household and the clothing her family wears instantly distinguishes her from white western culture‚ she feels that in order to become a soccer player she must give up her culture of a traditional
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Bend it Like Beckham uses the metaphor of football (soccer) to explore and discuss race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity in contemporary London. 18-year-old Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is a British Indian Punjabi Sikh living in the western suburbs of London. Her older sister‚ Pinky (Archie Panjabi)‚ is preoccupied with fashion and her upcoming wedding to her boyfriend Teetu (Kulvinder Ghir)‚ who operates a successful automobile business. Jess’ father (the noted actor‚ Anupam Kher ) is a Kenyan
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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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