Pachai, Manjal, Karuppu Thamizhan/ Green, Yellow, Black Tamil : a study of the effects of colorism in postcolonial India, as represented by Tamil cinema
This essay will begin by exploring the trauma of a postcolonial Tamilnadu and how it affects its treatment of fair skinned women in Tamil cinema. The essay will then progress to argue that the casting of fair-skinned heroines in mainstream Tamil cinema enables postcolonial India to re-examine its re...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-702552019-12-10T14:46:19Z Pachai, Manjal, Karuppu Thamizhan/ Green, Yellow, Black Tamil : a study of the effects of colorism in postcolonial India, as represented by Tamil cinema Arivazhagan, Aiswarya Devi Divya Victor School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities This essay will begin by exploring the trauma of a postcolonial Tamilnadu and how it affects its treatment of fair skinned women in Tamil cinema. The essay will then progress to argue that the casting of fair-skinned heroines in mainstream Tamil cinema enables postcolonial India to re-examine its relationship with its former colonial masters. Bachelor of Arts 2017-04-18T02:11:39Z 2017-04-18T02:11:39Z 2017 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70255 en Nanyang Technological University 31 p. application/pdf |
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This essay will begin by exploring the trauma of a postcolonial Tamilnadu and how it affects its treatment of fair skinned women in Tamil cinema. The essay will then progress to argue that the casting of fair-skinned heroines in mainstream Tamil cinema enables postcolonial India to re-examine its relationship with its former colonial masters. |
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