Tyrus Tucker Blog Post 8

Inquiry Question: How does social structure play an important role in modern dystopian works?

Article:

RAGHAVENDRA, M K. “Social Dystopia or Entrepreneurial Fantasy: The Significance of Kaminey”. Economic and Political Weekly 44.38 (2009): 15–17. Web...

 

Summary: This Article focuses on a few different aspects of film created from Indian culture and how they introduce different ways of looking at social and political structure. The main film in this article, Kaminey, is explained to be a picture pained by a society that has revolved around a sort of social Darwinism, or survival of the fittest way of life. Not only are most cases of this film an insight to the corrupt nature of every class in the conjured up society, they are an accurate representation of how things were being ran in the real world. Even political figures and law enforcement were seen as more privatized enterprises and not really conforming to any predetermined  set of laws and regulations. This is compared to films made by those like Quentin Tarantino, who doesn't seem to directly outline different specific groups in society who seem to be corrupt. Not only are these systematic problems outlined in films like Kaminey, the article explains that the people who are watching these films are even taking "satisfaction in the fantasy of a crumbling social structure" rather than just being appalled and afraid of it (Raghavendra 15).

 

 

This article is related to my inquiry question in a couple of ways; first analyzing the social structure inside of a couple different dystopian works, as well as how these works might be a reflection of society. These few aspects are ways of being able to analyze how dystopian works may be a direct reflection of society and a critique of how that society is being run.