Of marriages and families: clothing the marriageable Tamil woman

The secondary role played by women in Tamil films – both on and off screen – has been widely discussed in journalistic circles and academia. Nair’s assertion that in Indian films ‘women exist only in relation to the men, as their mothers, their wives, and especially their lovers’ is true of Tamil fi...

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Main Author: Ranjani Krishnakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2013-12-01
Series:The South Asianist
Online Access:http://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/172