1. Bend it like Beckham A Comenius-project at Stiftsgymnasium St.Paul April 2005

2. I. What the story is about...

3. Bend it like Beckham … it is not only about an Indian girl who likes playing football but also about …

4. Bend it like Beckham Teenager problems

5. Bend it like Beckham The clash between traditional values and the modern world The clash between traditional values and the modern world

6. Bend it like Beckham First love

7. Bend it like Beckham Growing up

8. Bend it like Beckham Friendship

9. Religion

10. Cultural Diversity

11. Bend it like Beckham Tolerance

12. II. Culture Clash

13. Bend it like Beckham can‘t cope with the culture clash between India and England  can‘t deal with the fact that her daughter‘s playing in a girls- football-team  takes the Indian culture very seriously  expects her daughters to do so too  is against emancipation  in favour of being able to cook Indian cuisine  is against girls doing things that boys do in their spare-time  doesn‘t know exactly how he should deal with the culture clash  on one hand he doesn‘t accept that his daughter plays in a girl-football- team  but on the other hand he played in a bowling team too (in East Africa)  finally he accepts his daughter‘s wish  respects the culture clash his daughter goes through  supports his daughter in every way Both are very protective Mrs. Bhamra Mr. Bhamra

14. III. Racial Discrimination

15. Bend it like Beckham Jess is offended by an English girl calling her “Pakhi“ Her trainer Joe has problems too, because he is Irish Jess´ father who was good at bowling, was discriminated and people laughed at his turban There is also a gap between Muslims and Indians Indian boys don´t play in football leagues

16. Bend it like Beckham Family Tradition Pinky sneaks off secretly to meet Teetu loves Teetu and wants to marry him covers up for Jess so that she can go to Germany reveals Jess‘ secret can‘t understand Jess Jess  She wants to play football like her hero David Beckham.  loves her trainer Joe but he isn‘t Indian  lies to her parents and deceives them  doesn't want to marry an Indian boy  gets a scholarship for Santa Clara college in the USA  convinces her parents to let her go and live her dreams

17. Bend it like Beckham Pinky and Teetu‘s Engagement-party

18. IV. Differences between book & film

19. Bend it like Beckham Jess and Pinky‘s reconciliation isn‘t shown in the film There‘s more information about David Beckham in the book Pinky is pregnant at the end of the film Joe is playing cricket with Jess‘ father Switching scenes from football pitch to Pinky‘s wedding reception

20. V. Indian Customs

21. Bend it like Beckham Indian Gods Shiva : Shiva is the god of Destruction. He is also the god of Dance. It is said that he danced the world into creation. Vishnu : Vishnu is thought to be the supreme god. It is said that when the world is in danger, he would come to earth in different form. Brahma : Brahma is said to have created the world. He has four heads and four arms. It is said that everything is born of Brahma and his wife. Lakshmi : Lakshmi is the wife of Vishnu and is the god of money and future. She sits on a lotus flower.

22. Bend it like Beckham Indian Religion 83% Hindu 11% Muslim 3% Christian 2% Sikh < 1% Buddhist 5% Jain

23. Bend it like Beckham Languages Official languages: Hindi and English Hindi including its associated languages and dialects accounting for 84% of the population while English is used for national, political and commercial purposes. 1600 languages and dialects are spoken 15 languages constitutionally recognized.

24. Bend it like Beckham Indian clothes Indian clothes are very colourful. Each state has its own special costumes. Women traditionally wear Saris, Salwar khameez and Ghagra choli, but they also wear western styles such as skirts, dresses and pants. Men have their traditional costumes as well, but now most wear a light skirt and pants just as in western countries.

25. Bend it like Beckham Indian Food Most Indian cuisines are related by similar usage of spices. Often, Indian cooking is distinguished by the use of a larger variety of vegetables than many other well-known cuisines. Within these recognizable similarities, there is an enormous variety of local styles. In the north and the west, Kashmiri and Mughlai cuisines show strong central Asian influences. Through the medium of Mughlai food, this influence has propagated into many regional kitchens. To the east, the Bengali and Assamese styles shade off into the cuisines of East Asia

26. Bend it like Beckham Arranged Marriages An arranged marriage is a marriage where the marital partners are chosen by others based on considerations other than the preexisting mutual attraction of the partners. This habit has been very common in noble families, especially in reigning ones, at the scope of combining and perhaps enforcing the respective strengths of the original families of the spouses. A relevant part of history has been influenced by these unions.

27. VI. Bollywood

28. Bend it like Beckham Bollywood » Bollywood is the informal name given to the film industry in India. » The word Bollywood was created by blending Bombay and Hollywood. » In 1899 the first Indian film was screened.

29. Bend it like Beckham Film music is called filmi. The dancing in Bollywood films is primarily modeled on Indian dance. Indian´s film industry is the biggest in the world.

30. Bend it like Beckham Famous films are: Monsoon Wedding, Bride and Prejudice, Lagaan, Veer - Zaara

31. Bend it like Beckham Well- known filmstars are: Shak Rukh Khan, Parminder Nagra, Om Puri

32. VII. The authoress

33. Bend it like Beckham Narinder Dhami Born in Wolverhampton in 1958. Graduating from Birmingham University Teaching at schools in the East End of London Leaving the profession to write full-time. Hundreds of photo-stories in teenage magazines First children's book, A Medal for Melina, published in 1990. Lives in Cambridge with her husband and their four cats.

34. VIII. Mia Hamm

35. Bend it like Beckham 1999 Women's World Cup: champion in front of 40 million viewers Over 650,000 tickets Youngest player ever to play for her National Team (age 15)

36. Bend it like Beckham Recognized as the world's best all-around women's soccer player. Atlanta,1996: Centennial Olympic Games Gold Never in history had so many spectators come out to watch a women's sporting event.

37. Bend it like Beckham US Soccer's Female Athlete of the year five consecutive years. „That's been Michael Jordan, in basketball, and in some ways Mia Hamm in women's soccer and Tiger Woods in golf." In April of 1999, Nike named the largest building on its corporate campus after Mia.

38. IX. David Beckham

39. Bend it like Beckham  He was born on 2 nd May 1975  The most famous football player on earth  He married Victoria Adams.  Three children: Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.  June 2003 he went to Real Madrid and now he plays with football stars like Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Ronaldo in the same team  David Beckham is almost as famous for his haircuts as for his football

40. X. POSTERS

41. Bend it like Beckham Culture Clash

42. Bend it like Beckham

43. Differences

44. Family Tradition

45. Bend it like Beckham India

46. Indian Food

47. Bend it like Beckham Indian Customs

48. Bend it like Beckham Racial Discrimination

49. Bend it like Beckham Die 5A-Klasse Project-Leader: Prof.Justine Bachiesl Technical Support: Prof.Peter Unterluggauer