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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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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BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM Stereotypes generally refer to statements made from members of society about ceratin groups‚ at times regarding appearance‚ culture‚ disability‚ this includes things such as; all men do it better than women or mainstream women are not as conserved as cultured women‚ assuming someone by appearance is also a stereotype; a girl has black hair and favours the colour black‚ she is most likely to be stereotyped based purely on non fiction opinions created by society. In Bend
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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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Bend it Like Beckham Reflection Paper Bend it Like Beckham displays issues that arise in cross cultured interactions through Jess’ Sikh family and their relocation to Britain. Through the main character Jess‚ the audience witnesses many issues that a young‚ ethnic female goes through such as coming of age and religious or family expectations. Jess’ passion for soccer results in many issues for the character to face‚ yet the soccer field becomes a resolution for the culture and family issues she
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An important event near the end of the film “Bend it Like Beckham” directed by Gurinder Chadha was Jess’s final football match. It was important because it was the climax of the film. Jess’s dream was to be a professional football player. Jess’s culture and tradition were in the way of achieving her dream. In order to achieve her dream she had to use deception. Verbal and visual features such as camera work‚ symbols and music were used throughout the film to show that the event was important.
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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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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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Bend it like Beckham From Jules mother not wanting her daughter to play football‚ to letting her go to America and play football really shows the change she had made throughout this film. You can notice how she changes her attitude for the sport and her daughter’s skills in the game. At one point her mother would be happy for her‚ and then be angry at her for no resin. Jules mother learns that her daughter is very good at playing football and that she can still lead a life of a traditional woman
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What you want versus family expectations are common 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
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