Maadathy-An Unfairy Tale: Caste, Space, and Gaze

This essay engages with Maadathy (dir. Leena Manimekalai, 2019) to explore how space is constructed as a marker of caste and interrogate the concomitant intersection of caste and gender in a divided community. Through the retooling of myth, Maadathy explores the horror at the heart of a patriarchal...

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Main Author: Swarnavel Eswaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brandeis University Library 2022-05-01
Series:Caste
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Online Access:https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/365