TY - JOUR AU - Shrestha, Tara Lal AU - Shrestha, Bidhya AU - Senehang, Dipankar AU - Timsina, Bibechana Sharma AU - B.K., Pradeep PY - 2021/08/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Seeking the Subaltern Consciousness in Nepali Cinema JF - JODEM: Journal of Language and Literature JA - JODEM: J. Lang. Lit. VL - 12 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.3126/jodem.v12i1.38728 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/jodem/article/view/38728 SP - 126-145 AB - <p><em>This article overviews the resistance of the subaltern and the ongoing debate on seeking the subaltern consciousness within and outside the elitist structure. The first part of this article exposes the notion of subaltern and subaltern resistance consciousness concerning the development of the Nepali film industry. The second part discusses different dimensions of resistance of the subaltern in shifting politico-cultural </em><em>contexts. It also unfolds the structure of representation of the subaltern transformed within transitions which are observed more vehemently through the different politico-cultural scenarios of filmmaking, particularly before and after the Maoist insurgency. The last part analyses the aspects or efforts of the self-formation of the subaltern in terms of- along with class- caste, ethnicity and gender with references to representative Nepali movies, i.e. </em>Numafung<em>, </em>Batomuniko Phool<em> and </em>Uma<em> flash hope within hopelessness. </em></p> ER -