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SUMMARY: Coming of Age in Macholand: Exploring the Intersections of Media\,
  Masculinity and Transnational Migration in Punjab
DESCRIPTION: What does it mean to be a successful man in Punjab today? Thro
 ugh on-going ethnographic research and filmmaker\, Dr. Harjant Gill explore
 s the various nuances of contemporary Punjabi masculinity.
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 e <a href="http://asia.ubc.ca/">Department of Asian Studies.</a> </em></p><
 h4>Abstract</h4><p>What does it mean to be a successful man in Punjab today
 ? Through on-going ethnographic research and filmmaker\, Dr. Harjant Gill e
 xplores the various nuances of contemporary Punjabi masculinity. In a state
  increasingly transformed by globalization\, becoming a transnational migra
 nt is synonymous with becoming successful. Through interviews\, documentary
  film\, film and media analysis and written scholarship\, Dr. Gill explores
  the transformations in gender relations\, development of masculinities\, a
 nd the role caste\, class and transnational mobility plays in shaping every
 day life in Punjab.</p><h4>Presenter</h4><p>Harjant Gill is an associate pr
 ofessor of anthropology at Towson University. He received his PhD fromAmeri
 can University. His research examines the intersections of masculinity\, mo
 dernity\, transnational migration and popular culture in India. Gill is als
 o an award-winning filmmaker and has made several ethnographic films that h
 ave screened at film festivals\, academic conferences\, and on television n
 etworks worldwide including BBC\, Doordarshan (Indian National TV) and PBS.
  His films include: Roots of Love which looks at the changing significance 
 of hair and turban among Sikh men in India\; Mardistan<br />(Macholand) whi
 ch explores Indian manhood focusing on issues of sexual violence\, son pref
 erence and homophobia\; andSent Away Boys which examines on how provincial 
 communities across northern India are transformed by the exodus of young me
 n giving up farming to seek a better life abroad. Gill is a fellow alumnus 
 of the Point Foundation. He co-directed the SVA Film &amp\; Media Festival 
 (2012-2014)\, and currently co-edits the Multimodal Anthropologies section 
 of the journal American Anthropologist. Funded by the Performing Arts Fello
 wship by American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) and the Fulbright-Nehr
 u Research Award\, Gill is currently living in New Delhi while developing a
 n eight-part immersive virtual reality web-series on Indian masculinities t
 itled “Tales from Macholand.” His website is www.TilotamaProductions.com</p
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