Abstract—Indian Cinema has always received attention
across the globe. It is more of a trend in the contemporary world
where the internet plays a vital role. And Latin America is yet
another true fandom in every sense making it totally off the
charts. In the domain of translation (dubbing and subtitling),
representation, and reception of Indian movies both jointly and
severally, studies have never targeted the Latin American
audience. Au contraire, it is intriguing to note that Latin
American Bollywood fan clubs on social media platforms, like
Facebook, haven’t just kept people entertained throughout but
also managed not to break the demand and supply chain even
during this pandemic. Ironically, the content has still
successfully adhered to the already existing stereotypes
associated with the Indian Cinema and culture despite loads of
efforts of the page admins as well as the followers in looking for
new relevant posts during the COVID-19 crisis where we see a
significant paucity of latest cinema top-ups.
Index Terms—Indian cinema, Latin America, Facebook, fan
clubs, stereotypes, COVID-19.
Shiwangi is with The English and Foreign Languages University,
Hyderabad, India-500007, India (e-mail:
shiwangiphdspanish18@efluniversity.ac.in).
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Cite:Shiwangi, "Stereotypes Know no Pandemic: A Facebook Study," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 115-120, 2022.