Embedding the Male in Female Body: A Qissa

Abstract

“Embedding the Male in Female Body: A Qissa” by Rekha and Ankita Rathee analyses the film Qissa from the socio-cultural aspect of body politics that asserts maleness onto the female body. The confusion between the biological female (which is subdued through clothes and mannerisms) and the imposed male hood on Kanwar are negotiated only at the cost of incurring social exclusion. The partition of India is likened to this confusion between the accepted and the imposed acceptance that marred the lives and dreams of millions.