Visualizing Amman: womanhood, the goddess, and middle-class modernity in Tamil religious cinema

This thesis examines Tamil Ammaṉ films (ammaṉ paṭaṅkaḷ), a specific genre of South Indian cinema that centres on the figure of the fierce goddess Māriyammaṉ. The study analyzes the films in the context of class and caste in South India, focusing specifically on how India's emergent middle class...

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Main Author: Blake, Lisa
Other Authors: Davesh Soneji (Internal/Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2012
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