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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McGill University
2012
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