Unpacking the “Bihariness” — Reflections on Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi
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Unpacking the “Bihariness” — Reflections on Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi
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Tripathi. A.
Das, M. |
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BIHARI
MIGRANT WORKER TRUE CRIME MENTAL HEALTH BIHARINESS CRIMINALITY URBAN AREA |
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Received 6 March 2023. Accepted 5 March 2024. Published online 5 April 2024.
Netflix’s true crime documentary Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi (2022) follows the story of serial killer Chandrakant Jha, a Bihari migrant worker in Delhi. The documentary sensationally portrays his spine-chilling crimes, while superficially discussing pressing issues of police brutality and the dysfunctionality of the criminal justice system. The interplay of socio-economic conditions, the indifferent justice system, and its effects on one’s degrading mental health is what we seem to get out of this three-part series through visual and textual analysis. The backdrop of the migrants as a pathological problem visà-vis its interaction with the criminal justice system is emphasized by highlighting the “Bihariness” of Chandrakant Jha. The documentary refers to this “Bihariness” albeit tangentially, though fails to discuss the caste and class locations of these prejudices and chauvinism that is directed against the figure of the working-class Bihari migrant. In this paper, we attempt to unpack this popular narrative as a casteist and classist commonsensical social and cultural reproduction to understand the figure of the Bihari migrant as depicted in the documentary. We contend that highlighting the “Bihariness” of migrant workers is a form of othering that mainly plays out through their conspicuous laboring bodies, language, and their association with criminality. In doing so, we also intend to explore the dimensions of mental health and socioeconomic and institutional interactions of poor migrant workers in urban areas. |
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2024-05-31T13:22:08Z
2024-05-31T13:22:08Z 2024 |
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Anup Tripathi. Unpacking the “Bihariness” — Reflections on Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi / Anup Tripathi, Moitrayee Das // Changing Societies & Personalities. — 2024. — Vol. 8. Iss. 1 : Social Participation as a Factor That Changes Societies and Personalities. — P. 222–238.
2587-6104 2587-8964 http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/135741 https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=67317582 10.15826/csp.2024.8.1.272 |
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en
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Changing Societies & Personalities. 2024. Vol. 8. Iss. 1 : Social Participation as a Factor That Changes Societies and Personalities
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Уральский федеральный университет
Ural Federal University |
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