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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Thesis Essay On Religion In a 2003 movie called Bend It Like Beckham‚ the main character is an 18 year old‚ Indian girl named Jesminder Bhamra‚ who is born into the Sikh religion and wants to be a top soccer player. Unfortunately‚ that means she would have to go against the traditional customs of not only her culture but her religion as well. When Jess is giving the opportunity to achieve her goals of playing on a women’s soccer team‚ her sister’s wedding seems to oppose her ultimate goal. Every
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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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becoming a football player. Dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face as she battles against what her family traditions ask of her‚ like cooking and learning how to become the idea Indian wife‚ and the opposition that Jess has to overcome in the form of her disapproving parents Jess: "anyone can cook Aloo Gobi‚ but who can bend a ball like Beckham?" Mrs Bhamra: "What family would want a daughter-in-law who can run around kicking football all day but can’t make round chapatis?" quotes
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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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If 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
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This will lead to conflicts and confusion between the two generations. Certain cultures encourage gender roles to try and keep their old traditions‚ and some diminish them. As shown in the film Bend It Like Beckham‚ both families encourage gender roles to keep their old traditions and culture‚ but are diminished at the end of the film when both daughters are allowed to go to America to join the football team Santa Clara. “Multicultural identities have often been described as being in ‘crisis’—the individual
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My two texts are “The Namesake” and “Bend it like Beckham”. Our prescribed text‚ Jhumpa Lahiris “The Namesake” explores the link to belonging in detail. The emphasis is on Gogol Ganguli. Gogol struggles with a sense of belonging to his family and his Bengali culture and heritage throughout his life in the course of the novel. Born and raised in the U.S.‚ while his parents spent their entire life in India following Bengali culture and practices and moved on to America as young adults. Gogol must try
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right-171450Bend It like Beckham Culture Essay Bend It like Beckham Culture Essay I believe we could all agree that parents think they are right all the time. But why are they always right? Well‚ they’re the parents and that’s just the way it is. Not true. Parents don’t always know what’s good for you. In the movie Bend It like Beckham‚ Jess’ parents wanted to keep their daughter from playing soccer and dating Joe‚ they didn’t realize that he made her really happy. Jess’ parents won’t let her
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