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Diplomarbeit View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by OTHES Diplomarbeit Titel der Diplomarbeit: Bollywood und Emotionen: Zur Rezeption des populären indischen Kinos im deutschsprachigen Raum anhand des Fallbeispiels „Devdas“ Verfasserin: Sabine Rauchbauer Angestrebter akademischer Grad: Magistra der Philosophie (Mag.phil.) Wien, 2012 Studienkennzahl It. Studienblatt: A307 Studienblatt It. Studienblatt: Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie Betreuerin: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elke Mader Danksagung Ich möchte an dieser Stelle meinen Eltern danken, die mir durch ihre finanzielle Unterstützung mein Studium erst ermöglicht haben. Besonderer Dank gilt auch meiner Schwester Martina und meinem Freund Helmut, die mich bis zum Schluss motiviert haben, nicht aufzugeben, durchzuhalten und mich in schwierigen Situationen unterstützt haben. Außerdem danke ich herzlich meinen Freunden und meiner Studienkollegin Edith, die mich motivierten mein Studium abzuschließen. Bedanken möchte ich mich auch bei Dr. Anna-Katharina Plach, die mir durch Gespräche behilflich war, meinen Fokus nicht zu verlieren und meine Arbeit Korrektur las. Schließlich möchte ich mich bei meiner Betreuerin Frau Univ.- Prof. Dr. Elke Mader herzlich für ihre konstruktiven Anmerkungen, ihre mentale Unterstützung und Geduld bedanken. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Einleitung ...................................................................................................................... 1 2. Theoretische Perspektiven: Medien, Rezeption und Fans .......................................... 10 2.1 Der Nutzen-Ansatz ............................................................................................... 11 2.2 Medienkommunikation ......................................................................................... 12 2.2.1. Die Bedeutung von Medienproduktion ............................................................. 15 2.2.2.Der Begriff Intertextualität ................................................................................ 16 2.2.3. Intertextual Play ................................................................................................ 16 2.2.4. Die Macht eines Textes ..................................................................................... 16 2.2.5. Der offene Text ................................................................................................. 17 2.2.6. Stuart Halls Leseweisen eines Textes ............................................................... 17 3. Fans und Fanforschung ............................................................................................... 19 3.1. Der Begriff Populärkultur .................................................................................... 21 3.2. Aktueller Forschungsstand .................................................................................. 22 3.2.1. Reading Bollywood- The young audience and Hindi Films............................. 22 3.2.2. Gender und Sexualität ....................................................................................... 23 3.2.3. Movies, Masculinity and Modernity: An Ethnography of Men´s Filmgoing in India ............................................................................................................................ 24 3.2.4. Das Publikum und Sehgewohnheiten ............................................................... 24 4. Devdas und Aspekte der Rezeption im deutschsprachigen Raum .............................. 27 4.1. Filmanalytische Annäherung ............................................................................... 27 4.1.1. Inhaltliche Zusammenfassung .......................................................................... 27 4.2. Devdas als Topos im indischen Kino .................................................................. 30 4.3. Methode: Figurenanalyse Faulstich ..................................................................... 32 I 4.3.1. Devdas .............................................................................................................. 33 4.3.2. Paro ................................................................................................................... 35 4.3.3. Chandramukhi ................................................................................................... 36 4.3.4. Chunnilal ........................................................................................................... 37 4.3.5. Kontraste der beiden weiblichen Figuren ......................................................... 37 4.4. Die Rolle der Mythologie .................................................................................... 39 4.4.1. Die Figur des Devdas im Zusammenhang mit literarischen Vorbildern .......... 42 4.5. Zusammenfassende Interpretation ....................................................................... 44 5. Devdas in Wien: Rezeption von Figuren und Emotionen .......................................... 46 5.1. Methodisches Vorgehen ...................................................................................... 46 5.1.1. Datenauswertung .............................................................................................. 47 5.2. Erste Eindrücke - positive/negative Resonanz ..................................................... 50 5.3. Assoziation mit Westlichem Kino/Genre ............................................................ 51 5.4. Moral, Fazit und Werte des Films: Liebe versus Familie .................................... 51 5.5. Zentrale Themen im Film Devdas ....................................................................... 52 5.6. Liebe .................................................................................................................... 53 5.7. Hass ...................................................................................................................... 54 5.8. Freundschaft ......................................................................................................... 54 5.9. Treue/Untreue ...................................................................................................... 55 5.10. Eifersucht/Vertrauen .......................................................................................... 55 5.11. Vertrauen ........................................................................................................... 56 5.12. Macht ................................................................................................................. 57 5.13. Familie ............................................................................................................... 57 5.14. Schicksal/Selbstbestimmung ............................................................................. 58 5.15. Fremdartig/vertraut für die westlichen RezipientInnen ..................................... 59 5.16. Emotionalität der Darstellung ............................................................................ 60 II 5.17. Melancholische Rezeptionen ............................................................................. 61 5.18. Fröhlichkeit ........................................................................................................ 62 5.19. Friedvoll versus brutal ....................................................................................... 62 5.20. Liebevoll/gewaltsam .......................................................................................... 63 5.21. Langeweile/Spannung ........................................................................................ 64 5.22. Erotik ................................................................................................................. 64 5.23. Liebe als Inhalt ................................................................................................... 66 5.24. Beziehung: Paro und Devdas: ............................................................................ 67 5.25. Chandramukhi und Devdas ................................................................................ 69 5.26. Paros Liebe zu Devdas ....................................................................................... 70 5.27. Chandramukhis Liebe zu Devdas ...................................................................... 70 5.28. Freundschaft der beiden Frauen ......................................................................... 71 5.29. Song- und Dance-Szenen ................................................................................... 71 5.30. Reaktion auf dargestellte Rollenbilder .............................................................. 71 5.31. Genderaspekte .................................................................................................... 74 5.32. Parvati ................................................................................................................ 75 5.33. Chandramukhi .................................................................................................... 75 5.34. Devdas ............................................................................................................... 76 5.35. Stark/schwach, aktiv/passiv ............................................................................... 77 5.36. SRK als Devdas: Darstellung von Trauer, Abschied und Schmerz ................... 78 5.37. Reaktionen auf ausgewählte Szenen .................................................................. 78 5.37.1. Der Schlag mit der Perlenkette ......................................................................
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