Yasodhara Rakshit
October 20, 2023 2023-10-20 4:20Yasodhara Rakshit
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Yasodhara Rakshit
Assistant Professor of Practice, Film Studies and Writing
BA (Hons) English, Miranda House, University of Delhi;
Diploma, Print Journalism, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai;
MA in Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University
Yasodhara Rakshit is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities. After graduating from Miranda House (DU) she went on to pursue journalism (print and mixed media). She has worked with publications like The Times of India, Tehelka and The Statesman, reporting on popular culture and gender issues. She has also worked as an assistant curator in the art museum of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA). With a renewed interest in understanding cultural and literary theory, Yasodhara went on to pursue further research in cinema and performance studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). She likes kickboxing and writes on horror cinema when she is not in the classroom. Yasodhara prefers the pronouns she/her.
The intersection of nationhood, trauma and gender, the female spectre in horror cinema, stardom as a performance, the literary sleuth in detective fiction, mental health with issues around sexuality, popular culture as propaganda, film and media as an ideological tool in fascist nations
- Communication Skills I and II
- Interdisciplinary Seminar I and II
- Expressive Arts I and II (Cinema Module)
- Thesis-II
- Foundations of Social Science (JGLS)
- Masculinity and ‘Dosti’ in popular Hindi Cinema (Elective)
- Trauma and Repression: A study of post-war horror films (Elective)
- Holding out for a Hero: Superheroes in Visual Culture (Elective)