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    Theme of Hybridity and Gender Issues in Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham‚ is a film directed and co-written by Gurinder Chadha‚ who is herself a Punjabi and Sikh like the main character‚ Jesminder ’Jess’ Kaur Bhamra portrayed by Parminder Nagra. The film deals with the identity issues of 18 year-old Jess‚ who wants to be a professional football player against the wishes of her very traditional Indian family. The meaning of the word “hybrid”‚ according to the Oxford Dictionary

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    Bend it Like Beckham Friday‚ May 31‚ 2013 7:46 PM   page 6 of the booklet.   A description of Jess and her English friend‚ Jules (Juliette). Both Jess and Jules love Beckham and they are 18 years old. They prefer to wear tracksuits rather then wearing attractive clothes like Jess’ sister Pinky. They were both skillful at soccer and they both loved Joe.   Describe the homes both girls live in and the area around their homes. Jess’ house is filled with photos of Guru Nanak (the founder of

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    The 2002 film Bend it like Beckham represents one of the most most refined and nuanced narrative of sport‚ race‚ and gender of any recent mainstream film that has been advertised. This makes the film especially alluring from an ideological point of view since it captivates us and invites us to share its vision of a better society. Because of this reason‚ it is an incumbent upon more critical viewers of the film to question what lessons the film puts in front of you‚ since the film demands questions

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    though out most family households. In the movie ’Bend it like Beckham’ we saw the conflict between Jess and her parents on how they feel and what they want for her‚ how Jess sees the situation‚ and how it is resolved. Mr. Bhamra‚ Jess’s father is worried about Jess playing soccer in fear she will get hurt like he did when he wanted to play fastball‚ he was discriminated because of the way he looked. He wasn’t allowed to play on any of the teams. Mr. Bhamra is frighten that she will be disappointed “I

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    throughout the film Bend It Like Beckham (Directed by Gurinda Chadha) was the act of challenging ‘gender stereotypes’. I found the presentation of conflicting typical gender requirements especially important because this taught me that expectations are not always meant to be met‚ and that sometimes going against them gives you the opportunity to become the person you would like to be‚ and not what others want you to. The demonstration of challenging gender stereotypes in Bend It Like Beckham played a vital

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    * Shot type: Wide Shot. * Location: The Bhamra’s house‚ Bhamra’s kitchen. * Characters: Mrs Bhamra (Jess’ mother) and Jess. * Action/mood: Jess with different vegetables and using them as a football whilst her mother tries to teach her to cook proper Indian dishes‚ but her mother notices and yells at her. * Place and purpose in the film: A while after the beginning of the film Mrs Bhamra has made Jess learn a proper Indian meal but Jess takes no interest in it what so ever. She uses

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    William  Vergara   Movie  Essay  (Bend  it  like  Beckham)       A  lot  of  people  are  stereotypical  or  racist‚  and  if  you  let  the  people  who  would   push  you  around  do  what  ever  they  want  to  you‚  you  will  never  be  able  to   achieve  your  dream‚  as  long  as  you  don’t  trust  yourself  and  not

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    In the film Bend it Like Beckham directed by Gurinder Chada displays an internal conflict of decision making through Jess’ internal struggle with soccer and family. Jess’ sister continues to be successful and gets engaged‚ Jess tries to ignore these desires and wishes to play soccer. Jess is torn between the choice of either playing soccer and disrespecting her family’s wishes or respecting her family’s wishes and not playing soccer. The reason why this is even a problem is the fact that her

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    on the movie “Bend it like Beckham” -------From the perspective of Cross-cultural communication 专业:英语语言文学 姓名:胡金庆 学号:201120327 日期:2011年10月11日 A feedback on the movie “Bend it like Beckham” -------From the perspective of Cross-cultural communication Abstract: Based on the English movie “Bend It like Beckham”‚ this paper is

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    From the opening scene of Bend it Like Beckham we the audience are introduced to the main characters‚ the storyline‚ the settings and themes of film through the use of some well-chosen film techniques that the director used. The main character Jesminder is portrayed to us as a tom boy through costuming we can see that she is deliberately dressed in boy clothes in particular a soccer Jersey and shorts. This is to communicate to us the audience that she loves soccer. We also can see that she isn’t

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