Bend It Like Beckham Sociology

Asef Bayat in his article “City inside out” has proposed that cities like Cairo and Beirut are undergoing through a new form of urban public space, where, poor people tend to reappropriate the space from rich in Middle East region. Such urbanized public space’s new version, where, public-ness levels of the city consider is as “inside out” in literal meaning, where poor public is left with no option other than ensuring a heavy outdoor presence on city streets and where rich people’s response is to pursue personal exclusiveness accompanied by enclosed zones. For disenfranchised and poor people, streets have a central importance as they provide a way to demonstrate contention and are regarded as crucial asset where cultural and economic life gets …show more content…
In these circumstances, this kind of presence provides disenfranchised a way to retreat in locked vehicles and gated communities. Formerly, for which they were denied of the urban citizenship benefits. This is how city is reclaimed by the disenfranchised and is considered as the art of presence. Now, referring these concepts to the movie “Bend it like Beckham”, anthropological analysis of the movie reveals how it has suggested ways to ensure the assimilation and mixing of two entirely opposite cultures without hurting the values of any. Either the difference is due to physical resource that classifies one as rich and other as poor, or due to racial and ethnic differences, assimilation in vital for survival in contemporary era. ''Bend It Like Beckham,'' is comedy film that reflects a genial cultural athletic comedy and has been coordinated by Gurinder Chadha. It has been a successful launch in Britain. Credit must be given for the fact that film has presented ideas in a comprehensible manner that are utterly incomprehensible for American audience. Title of film is based on the name of David Beckham, who is Manchester United soccer team star and his ability to stretch and bend the ball in a very unique manner past the confronting goal keeper. Jess reverently utters this line, who is younger girl of a family of white collar class Punjabi workers dwelling in a suburb of London. Her passion for soccer induces a confrontation of her with parents who are really conservative and don’t regard soccer or any other playful activity to be good for a teenager girl who has attained age of marriage. Bend it like Beckham is a sensational satire that investigates the conventions of Indian society against the foundation of cutting edge Britain. Jess