Masked Violence: The Carnivalesque in Contemporary Bhutanese Film

This article examines the carnivalesque in two recent Bhutanese films, Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait (2016, dir. Khyentse Norbu) and The Red Phallus (2018, dir. Tashi Gyeltshen). Bhutanese Buddhist rituals contain a number of elements that bear striking parallels with Mikhail Bakhtin’s conc...

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Main Author: Stacy, Ivan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 5, Pages: 641-664
Further subjects:B Bhutan
B Buddhism
B Film
B carnivalesque
B Masks
B Sexual Violence
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