ABSTRACT

This paper argues that brahmanical conceptions of India centered on Aryavarta and structured by casteist logics undergirds the hegemony of north India by provincializing the south and its lowered-caste inhabitants. I term this phenomenon northernism, which renders the idea of India as synonymous with a brahminized rendering of north India. Drawing from Jyoti Nisha’s elaboration of Bahujan spectatorship, I develop Dravidian spectatorship as a methodology to analyze a Bollywood film as a representative text that elucidates northernism. I conclude the essay with a call to center casteism as a first step towards understanding different oppressions constituting Indian society.

摘要

本文认为，以阿里亚瓦塔为中心并由种姓逻辑构成的印度婆罗门观念通过将南部及其低种姓居民省化，从而巩固了北印度的霸权。我将这种现象称为北方主义，它使印度的概念成为印度北部婆罗门化的代名词。借鉴 Jyoti Nisha 对Bahujan旁观者的阐述，我将 Dravidian 旁观者作为一种方法论来分析宝莱坞电影，将其作为阐明北方主义的代表性文本。我在这篇文章的结尾呼吁以种姓制度为中心，作为理解构成印度社会的不同压迫的第一步。