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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Main Author: | Arivazhagan, Aiswarya Devi |
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Other Authors: | Divya Victor |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70255 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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