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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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 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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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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Exploration of Race and Gender Identity in the Movie ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ SCL 4110 - Gender and Culture Research Paper Zairen Tasnin 11 April 2013 Word Count: 1‚754 Gurinder Chadha is a British filmmaker who wrote‚ directed and produced the movie Bend it Like Beckham (G. Rings). The movie was premiered in the United States in 2003 and it had won praise from both critics and moviegoers for its accurate representations of the Asian culture (G. Rings) and initiating
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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 since
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Bend It Like Beckham What you want and what your parents will accept is a common disagreement in most households these days. In the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ they showed the conflict between Jess between and her parents. The conflict was how they feel and what they want for her‚ how Jess sees the situation and how it is resolved. Throughout the movie Jess is constantly pulled in different directions for what she wants and what her parents and culture expect from the Indian girl Jess. Jess’s
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the younger generation adapted to the new culture. 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 identitie
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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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