Subashini Navaratnam

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Will Have You Seriously Considering That the Rich Really Should Be Eaten
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Will Have You Seriously Considering That the Rich Really Should Be Eaten

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 / 23 November 2014
This tale takes pains to emphasise the difference between the crass newly-rich mainland Chinese (yay!) and the rich-for-like-forever distinguished Chinese families (boo!).
‘Saving Face’: On Battling Social Death
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‘Saving Face’: On Battling Social Death

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 / 7 October 2014
This is not to dwell on narcissism, but to explore how beliefs and assumptions of appearance are put to work in this culture, and how it produces newly-anxious and increasingly insecure subjectivities.
How the Fashion Industry Cannibalises the Planet
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How the Fashion Industry Cannibalises the Planet

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 / 24 September 2014
Stiched Up is an accessible, lucid book that analyses the exploitation inherent in capitalism through the often violent operations of the fashion industry.
On Those Who Must Work as Whores and Those Who Can Afford to Just Play at It
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On Those Who Must Work as Whores and Those Who Can Afford to Just Play at It

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 / 25 July 2014
The debate about sex work is usually about the spectacle that accompanies “sex”, rather than about the sex workers and the work of sex. That needs to change.
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The Perils of ‘Dressing Dangerously’
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The Perils of ‘Dressing Dangerously’

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 / 29 April 2014
Jonathan Faiers explores the "negative cinematic wardrobe" through a detailed reading of classic and mainstream films of American and British cinema.
‘Do Muslim Women Need Saving?’
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‘Do Muslim Women Need Saving?’

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 / 21 February 2014
This is an elegant, concise book on the entanglement of feminism with imperialism by a foremost anthropologist in her field.
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‘Popular Culture in Asia’ Affixes a Select, Predictable Focus

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 / 26 November 2013
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Charles Dickens’s Catherine Havisham, Virgin Queen of Satis House

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 / 21 November 2013
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A Masterwork of Dutch Art Ties Together a Novel About Death, Loss, and Living

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 / 13 November 2013
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Revisiting Austen’s Tale of Two Sisters, Marianne and Elinor in ‘Sense and Sensibility”

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 / 15 October 2013
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Marie NDiaye’s Stories Rattle at the Door of Complacency; They Disturb Everything

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 / 19 August 2013
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Race-in-America Is a Central Character in ‘Americanah’

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 / 8 August 2013