Mira Nair: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries

Mira Nair:
A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library

Overviews and general books and articles

Journal Articles

Articles and Books on Individual films

Overviews and General Books and Articles

Books

Levy, Emanuel

"Erotic - Mira Nair." In: Cinema of outsiders : the rise of American independent film / Emanuel Levy. New York : New York University Press, c1999. (Full text available online [UC Berkeley users only]; Print: Main (Gardner) Stacks; PFA PN1995.9.E96 L43 1999)

"Mira Nair."

In: Notable Asian Americans / Helen Zia and Susan B. Gall, editors ; foreword by George Takei.

Doe Reference Biographies E184.O6 N67 1995

Moffitt Reference E184.O6 N67 1995

Stuart, Andrea

"Mira Nair: A New Hybrid Cinema." In: Women and film : a Sight and sound reader / edited by Pam Cook and Philip Dodd. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1993.

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1995.9.W6 W63 1993

Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey.

"Mira Nair: 'To Be Mixed is the New World Order'." Women filmmakers of the African and Asian diaspora : decolonizing the gaze, locating subjectivity / Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1997.

Comparative Ethnic Studies PN1998.2 .F672

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1998.2 .F672 1997

Pacific Film Archive PN1998.2 .F672 1997

Kaplan, E. Ann.

Looking for the other : feminism, film, and the imperial gaze / E. Ann Kaplan.

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1995.9.W6 K25 1997

Muir, John Kenneth

Mercy in her eyes : the films of Mira Nair / John Kenneth Muir. New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ; Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corp. [distributor], c2006.

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1998.3.N325 M85 2006

Journal Articles

Anbarasan, Ethirajan; Otchet, Amy

"Mira Nair: An eye for paradox." UNESCO Courier, Nov98, Vol. 51 Issue 11, p46, 4p

Badt, Karin Luisa.

"I Want My Films to Explode with Life An Interview with Mira Nair." Cineaste, Winter2004, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p10-15, 6p

Ballal, Prateeti Punja

"Illiberal Masala: The Diasporic Distortions of Mira Nair and Dinesh D'Souza." Weber Studies: An Interdisciplinary Humanities Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 95-104, Winter 1998

Cheng, Scarlet.

"Mira Nair: Intoxicated With Life." World & I, Jun2003, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p98, 6p

Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey.

"Diasporic representations of identity and space in the films of Mira Nair." Deep Focus; 1998, Vol. 8 Issue 3-4, p47-58, 12p

Hawley, John C.

"The Bombay Boys of Mira Nair, Firdaus Kanga and Ardashir Vakil." South Asian Review, vol. 22, pp. 40-56, 2001

Lahr, John

"Whirlwind: How the Filmmaker Mira Nair Makes People See the World Her Way." New Yorker, vol. 78, no. 38, pp. 100-09, Dec 2002

"Life is a cabaret, the camera is a veil: a file on Mira Nair." Monthly Film Bulletin, Feb 1989, Vol. 56, p43-44, 2p

Moodley, Subeshini.

"Postcolonial feminisms speaking through an 'accented' cinema: The construction of Indian women in the films of Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta." Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity; 2003 Issue 58, p66-75, 10p

"Nair, Mira."

Current Biography, Nov93, Vol. 54 Issue 11, p29, 4p

Nair, Mira.

"Create the world you know, Nair tells filmmakers." Variety, 9/30/2002, Vol. 388 Issue 7, p14, 2p

"Mira Nair." Mother Jones, Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p82-83, 2p

Shah, Amit.

"A Dweller in Two Lands" Cineaste, 1987, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p22-23, 2p

Sharma, Alpana.

"Body Matters: the Politics of Provocation in Mira Nair's Films." Quarterly Review of Film & Video, 2001, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p91, 13p

Articles/Books on Individual Films

India Cabaret

Nanda, Serena

"India Cabaret." American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 90, No. 2 (Jun., 1988), p. 493

Chowdhury, Kanishka

"Transnational Transgressions: Reading Mira Nair's Kama Sutra and Deepa Mehta's Fire in a Global Economy." South Asian Review, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 180-201, 2003

Kauffmann, Stanley.

"Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love." (movie reviews) New Republic v216, n10 (March 10, 1997):30 (2 pages).

Maslin, Janet.

"Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love." (movie reviews) New York Times v146 (Fri, Feb 28, 1997):B19(N), C19(L), col 1, 14 col in.

McGrath, Melanie.

"Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love." (movie reviews) Sight and Sound v7, n7 (July, 1997):43 (2 pages).

Thompson, A. O.

"The look of love." [filming Kama Sutra]. American Cinematographer v. 78 (February 1997) p. 96-102

Mississippi Masala

Andersen, Erika Surat.

"Mississippi Masala." Film Quarterly v46, n4 (Summer, 1993):23 (4 pages).

Ansen, David.

"Mississippi Masala." (movie reviews)Newsweek v119, n7 (Feb 17, 1992):65.

Ballal, Prateeti Punja.

"Illiberal Masala: The Diasporic Distortions of Mira Nair and Dinesh D'Souza." Weber Studies: An Interdisciplinary Humanities Journal. 15 (1): 95-104. 1998 Winter.

Banks, Taunya Lovell

"Both edges of the margin : Blacks and Asians in Mississippi Masala, barriers to coalition building." In: Blacks and Asians : crossings, conflict and commonality / [edited by] Hazel M. McFerson. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, 2006.

Social Welfare E185.615 .B55325 2006b

Asian American Studies E185.615 .B55325 2006

Main (Gardner) Stacks E185.615 .B55325 2006

Also in:

The conflict and culture reader / edited by Pat K. Chew. New York : New York University Press, c2001.

Comparative Ethnic Studies HM1121 .C66 2001

Main (Gardner) Stacks HM1121 .C66 2001

Berry, C. S.

'Mississippi Masala' - Nair,M. Cineaste, 1992, V19 N2-3:66-67.

Bhavnani, Kum-Kum.

"Organic Hybridity or Commodification of Hybridity? Comments on Mississippi Masala." Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. 1 (1): 187-203. 2000 Autumn.

Blake, Richard A.

"Mississippi Masala." (movie reviews)America v166, n11 (April 4, 1992):274.

Bose, Purmina. Varghese, Linta.

"Mississippi Masala, South Asian Activism, and Agency." In: Haunting violations : feminist criticism and the crisis of the "real" / edited by Wendy S. Hesford and Wendy Kozol. pp: 137-68. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2001.

Main Stack HQ1190.H39 2001

Canby, Vincent.

"Mississippi Masala." (movie reviews) Migration World Magazine v20, n2 (March-April, 1992):40.

Canby, Vincent.

"Mississippi Masala." (Living Arts Pages) (movie reviews)New York Times v141 (Wed, Feb 5, 1992):B1(N), C15(L), col 1, 17 col in.

DasGupta, Sayantani.

"Glass shawls and long hair: a South Asian woman talks sexual politics." (Race and Women) Ms. Magazine v3, n5 (March-April, 1993):76 (2 pages).

The movie 'Mississippi Masala' served to glorify the virtues and beauty of South Asian women. However, portrayals such as that cannot negate the effects of racism, sexism and other prejudices they encounter. They must draw on their inner beauty to present an accurate profile of the Asian woman.

Dayal, Samir

"Black-and-Tan Fantasies: Interracial Contact between Blacks and South Asians in Film." In: AfroAsian encounters : culture, history, politics / edited by Heike Raphael-Hernandez and Shannon Steen ; with a foreword by Vijay Prashad and afterword by Gary Okihiro. New York : New York University Press, c2006.

Full-text of this book available online [UCB users only]

Main Stack E185.615.A5935 2006

Asian Amer E185.615.A5935 2006

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006016122.html

Denby, David.

"Mississippi Masala." New York v25, n6 (Feb 10, 1992):50 (2 pages). Beyond Bollywood : the cultural politics of South Asian diasporic film / Jigna Desai.

Desai, Jigna.

"When Indians Play Cowboys: Diaspora and Postcoloniality in Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala." In: Beyond Bollywood : the cultural politics of South Asian diasporic film / Jigna Desai. New York : Routledge, 2004. Bullet PointRequest

Asian American Studies PN1993.5.I8 D48 2004

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1993.5.I8 D48 2004

Moffitt PN1993.5.I8 D48 2004

Dong, Lan.

"Diverse Identities in Interracial Relationships: A Multiethnic Interpretation of Mississippi Masala and The Wedding Banquet." Xchanges. 4 (1): [no pagination]. 2004 Sept.

Freedman, Samuel G.

"One People in Two Worlds." (movie director Mira Nair and her film 'Mississippi Masala') New York Times v141, sec2 (Sun, Feb 2, 1992):H13(N), H13(L), col 1, 46 col in.

Johnson, Brian D.

"Mississippi Masala." (movie reviews)Maclean's v105, n10 (March 9, 1992):52.

Kelly, Ernece B.

"Two New Places for Black Males in Two New Films." ('Grand Canyon' and 'Mississippi Masala') (Special Careers Issue)Crisis v99, n4 (April-May, 1992):8 (2 pages).

Two films with black actors playing key roles serve as departures from the typical stereotyped image of Afro-Americans as mere 'bucks, coons and Toms.' In 'Grand Canyon,' Danny Glover portrays a tow truck operator whose philosophical insights strongly influence the rest of the film's characters. In 'Mississippi Masala,' Denzel Washington tackles the role of a commercial rug cleaner who breaks racial barriers by becoming romantically involved with an East Indian girl.

Klawans, Stuart.

"Mississippi Masala." (movie reviews) Nation v254, n7 (Feb 24, 1992):246.

Levich J.

"Masala." - Krishna,S. Cineaste, 1993, V20 N1:44-46.

"Masala." (movie reviews)

New York Times v143 (Fri, Dec 24, 1993):B6(N), D15(L), col 5, 2 col in. Pub Type: Review.

Mehta, Binita.

"Emigrants Twice Displaced: Race, Color, and Identity in Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala." In: Between the lines : South Asians and postcoloniality / edited by Deepika Bahri and Mary Vasudeva. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996.

MAIN: E184.S69 B48 1996

MOFF: E184.S69 B48 1996; AASL: E184.A3 B48; Housed at Ethnic Studies Library.

Mehta, Binita.

"Emigrants Twice Displaced: Race, Color, and Identity in Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala." In: Between the Lines: South Asians and Post-Coloniality / edited by Deepika Bahri and Mary Vasudeva. pp: 185-203. Philadelphia, [Pa.]: Temple University Press, 1996. Series title: Asian American history and culture.

UCB AsianAmer E184.A3 B48

UCB Main E184.S69 B48 1996)

Mehta, Binita.

"Emigrants Twice Displaced: Race, Color, and Identity in Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala." In: Screening Asian Americans / <2002> Edited and with an introduction by Peter X. Feng. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2002.

MAIN: PN1995.9.A77 S79 2002

AASL: PN1995.9.A77 S79 2002

Mehta, Binita.

"Emigrants Twice Displaced: Race, Color, and Identity in Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala." In: Multiculturalism, postcoloniality, and transnational media / edited and with an introduction by Ella Shohat, Robert Stam. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003.

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1995.9.M56 M855 2003

Partial contents via Google books

"Mississippi Masala." (Living Arts Pages) (movie reviews)New York Times v141 (Thu, Sept 10, 1992):B5(N), C22(L), col 1, 3 col in.

Reid, Mark A.

"Rebirth of a Nation: Three Recent Films Resist the Southern Stereotypes of D. W. Griffith, Depicting a Technicolor Region of Black, Brown, and G(R)ay."Southern Exposure, vol. 20 no. 4. 1992 Winter. pp: 26-28.

Salamon, Julie.

"Mississippi Masala." (movie reviews)Wall Street Journal (Thu, Feb 6, 1992):A12(W), A12(E), col 1, 17 col in.

Seshagiri, Urmila

"At the Crossroads of Two Empires: Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala and the Limits of Hybridity." Journal of Asian American Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 177-198, June 2003

Singer, Wendy.

"Mirch Masala." (movie reviews) American Historical Review v97, n4 (Oct, 1992):1148 (3 pages).

Singh, Jaspal Kaur.

"Globalization, Transnationalism, and Identity Politics in South Asian Women's Texts." Michigan Academician. 35 (2): 171-88. 2003 Summer.

Singh, Jaspal Kaur.

"Representing the Poetics of Resistance in Transnational South Asian Women's Fiction and Film." South Asian Review. 24 (1): 202-19. 2003

Sragow, Michael.

"Mississippi Masala." New Yorker v68, n9 (April 20, 1992):82 (3 pages).

Simpson, Janice C.

"Focusing on the Margins."(film maker Mira Nair) Time v139, n9 (March 2, 1992):67.

Sterritt, David.

"Mississippi Masala." (movie reviews)Christian Science Monitor v84, n82 (Tue, March 24, 1992):11, col 2, 13 col in.

Stuart, Andrea

"Mississippi Masala." (Interview). Sight & Sound I/7, Nov 91; p.(6-9). illus. Mira Nair discusses her film "Mississippi masala".

Stuart, Andrea

"Mira Nair: A New Hybrid Cinema." In: Women and film : a Sight and sound reader / edited by Pam Cook and Philip Dodd. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1993.

MAIN: PN1995.9.W6 W63 1993

MOFF: PN1995.9.W6 W63 1993

Wartenberg, Thomas E.

"Mississippi Masala: Love in a Postcolonial World." In: Unlikely couples : movie romance as social criticism / Thomas E. Wartenberg. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1999.

Full-text available online [UC Berkeley users only]

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1995.9.L6 W37 1999

Monsoon Wedding

Capp, Rose

"Delhi Deluge of Colour and Movement in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding." Senses of Cinema: An Online Film Journal Devoted to the Serious and Eclectic Discussion of Cinema, vol. 18, pp. (no pagination), Jan 2002

Chute, David.

"Monsoon Wedding." Film Comment, Jan/Feb2002, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p72, 2p

Cooper, Darius.

"The "Baimaan" or "Betrayed Vision" of Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding." Asian Cinema, Spring/Summer2007, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p253-261, 9p

Geller, Conrad.

"Monsoon wedding." Cineaste v. 27 no. 4 (Fall 2002) p. 43-4

"A review of Mira Nair's movie Monsoon Wedding. The movie focuses on an Indian father's preparations for his daughter's big wedding. Initially, it offers plenty of farce alongside a mixture of music and dancing, loving handheld shots of riotous street life in New Delhi, and a full illustration of the anguished pretensions of a middle class that is juggling, yet hardly balancing, Indian and Western cultural styles. Its focus changes abruptly when a terrible secret of child abuse within the family is revealed, irretrievably tearing the web of the father's familiar social world and leaving him to decide what part of it to salvage. However, the wedding goes on as it must, ultimately resulting in a genuine comedy with a genuine happy ending." [Art Index]

Gopinath, Gayatri.

"Bollywood/Hollywood." In: Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures. Duke University Press, 2005.

Main (Gardner) Stacks HQ76.25 .G67 2005

Moffitt HQ76.25 .G67 2005

Hoffman, Adina.

"The big bash theory: Mira Nair's latest movie revels and reels. (The Critics Film)." The American Prospect 13.6 (March 25, 2002): 28(2).

Johnson, Brian D.

"Monsoon wedding." Maclean's; 3/18/2002, Vol. 115 Issue 11, p48, 1p,

Karena, Cynthia.

"Monsoon Wedding: raining on tradition.(Film As Text)." Screen Education 33 (Winter 2003): 117(3).

Kemp, Philip

"Monsoon Wedding" Sight and Sound 12:1 (January 2002) Go to Journal Issue p. 50

"Nair's new film feels assured as she turns an affectionately mocking glance on the cultural confusions of contemporary India. Her theme is of established ritual stretching back and cracking under the strain of changing social mores. Throughout the film, the comedy is undercut with a sense of a society in uneasy transition." [Art Index]

Klawans, Stuart.

"Monsoon wedding." Nation, 3/18/2002, Vol. 274 Issue 10, p35-37, 3p

Lane, Anthony.

"Making Arrangements." New Yorker, 2/18/2002, Vol. 78 Issue 1, p199, 3p

Macnab, Geoffrey.

"Henna and cellphones." Sight & Sound, Jan2002, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p18-20, 3p

Maio, Kathi.

"Joy and Reckoning: The Punjabi Pleasures of Monsoon Wedding." Sojourner: The Women's Forum, Apr2002, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p23-23, 1p

Moore, Ann M.

"Monsoon Wedding: Another Midsummer Night's Dream." Studies in Popular Culture, Oct2004, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p19-29, 11p

Pinsker, Beth

"Filmer of the Bride: Mira Nair Talks About the Coming Monsoon." Independent Film and Video Monthly, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 30-32, Jan 2002

Sharpe, Jenny.

"Gender, Nation, and Globalization in Monsoon Wedding and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge." Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, Oct2005, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p58-81, 24p

Stoneman, Rod.

"All generalisations are false: between "Monsoon Wedding" and "Behind Enemy Lines." Kinema, Fall 2002, Issue 18, p23-28, 6p

The Namesake

Alleva, Richard

"Identity Crisis." Commonweal; 5/4/2007, Vol. 134 Issue 9, p18-19, 2p

Bahri, Deepika

"The Namesake." Film Quarterly 61, no.1 (Fall 2007) 10-15

Caesar, Judith.

"Gogol's Namesake: Identity And Relationships in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake." Atenea, jun2007, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p103-119, 17p; (

The article presents a literary criticism of the novel "The Namesake," by Jhumpa Lahiri, analyzing its references and thematic connections to the short story "The Overcoat," by Nikolai V. Gogol. The shared theme of self-identity formation within the characters as well as the literary works themselves is discussed, highlighting several stylistic similarities between the two.

Denby, David.

"The Namesake." New Yorker, 4/9/2007, Vol. 83 Issue 7, p18-18,

Kemp, Philip.

"The Namesake." Sight & Sound, Apr2007, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p74-75, 2p

Shariff, Farha.

"Straddling the Cultural Divide: Second-Generation South Asian Identity and The Namesake." Changing English: Studies in Culture & Education, Dec2008, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p457-466, 10p

The Perez Family

Denby, David.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews)New York v28, n21 (May 22, 1995):78 (2 pages).

Garcia, Maria.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews) Films in Review v46, n7-8 (Sept-Oct, 1995):58.

Goldstein, Patrick.

"Miami Masala." (Mira Nair, director of the film, 'The Perez Family')Los Angeles Times v114 (Sun, May 7, 1995):F3, col 1, 70 col in.

James, Caryn.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews) New York Times v144 (Fri, May 12, 1995):B7(N), C17(L), col 1, 13 col in.

Johnson, Brian D.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews)Maclean's v108, n20 (May 15, 1995):74.

Leydon, Joe.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews) Variety v359, n3 (May 15, 1995):95 (2 pages).

Kauffmann, Stanley.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews)New Republic v212, n23 (June 5, 1995):33.

Kellman, Steven G.

"The Perez Family." Southern Quarterly, Summer1995, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p177, 3p

Matthews, P.

"The Perez family." Sight & Sound v. ns6 (September 1996) p. 50-1

Schickel, Richard.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews) Time v145, n22 (May 29, 1995):69.

Sterritt, David.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews) Christian Science Monitor v87, n117 (Fri, May 12, 1995):13, col 1, 14 col in.

Travers, Peter.

"The Perez Family." (movie reviews)Rolling Stone, n709 (June 1, 1995):70

Salaam Bombay

Arora, Poonam

"The Production of Third World Subject for First World Consumption: Saalam Bombay and Parama." In: In: Multiple voices in feminist film criticism / Diane Carson, Linda Dittmar, and Janice R. Welsch, editors. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1994.

Main Stack PN1995.9.W6.M82 1994

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Cardullo, Burt

""Salaam Bombay!" and "Pelle the Conqueror" Hudson Review 42:2 (1989:Summer) p.290

Ehrlich, Linda C.

"The Name of the Child: Cinema as Social Critique." Film Criticism, Winter90, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p12-23, 12p

Epstein, Irving

"Street Children in Film." Curriculum Inquiry, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Autumn, 1999), pp. 375-388

Dayal, Samir.

"The subaltern does not speak: Mira Nair's "Salaam Bombay!" as a postcolonial text." Genders, Fall 1992, Issue 14, p16-32, 17p

Virdi, Jyotika

"Salaam Bombay! (Mis)representing child labor." Jump Cut, no. 37, July 1992, pp. 29-36

Wojcik-Andrews, Ian.

"The Impoverished Children of Bombay in Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay." In: Children's films : history, ideology, pedagogy, theory / Ian Wojcik-Andrews. New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

Full text available online (UC Berkeley users only)

Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1995.9.C45 W59 2000

Vanity Fair

Agger, Michael

"Vanity Fair." Film Comment; Sep/Oct2004, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p72-73, 2p

Alleva, Richard

"Mythmaking." Commonweal; 9/24/2004, Vol. 131 Issue 16, p22-23, 2p

Foreman, Jonathan.

"A Flat Sharp." National Review, 9/27/2004, Vol. 56 Issue 18, p58-59, 2p

Galupo, Scott.

"Vanity Fair Shows Mira Nair's Flair for Novelty and "Outsiderism"." World & I, Jan2005, Vol. 20 Issue 1

Gottlieb, Robert.

"Becky in the Movies." New York Review of Books, 11/18/2004, Vol. 51 Issue 18, p36-37, 2p

Klawans, Stuart

"Styles of Radical Will." Nation; 10/4/2004, Vol. 279 Issue 10, p32-36, 3p

Lane, Anthony

"Power Plays." New Yorker; 9/6/2004, Vol. 80 Issue 25, p169-171, 3p

Porton, Richard

"Visualizing Vanity Fair: Nair Directs Witherspoon in 19th-Century Classic." Film Journal International, vol. 107, no. 9, pp. 16-17, Sept 2004

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