Madurai Formula Films: Caste Pride and Politics in Tamil Cinema by Karthikeyan Damodaran, Hugo Gorringe

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Malaysian Tamils and transnational Tamil cinema : diasporic identities, 'Crisis Heterotopia' and 'Aura' / Gopalan Ravindran by Ravindran, Gopalan

“…Increasingly, the processes of globalisation and transnationalisation are proving to be crucial for the negotiations of transnational Tamil cinema and its diasporic audiences in more ways than one. …”
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Pachai, Manjal, Karuppu Thamizhan/ Green, Yellow, Black Tamil : a study of the effects of colorism in postcolonial India, as represented by Tamil cinema by Arivazhagan, Aiswarya Devi

“…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 relationship with its former colonial masters.…”
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Consumption of Tamil Cinema in Malaysia : an analysis of Malaysian Tamil youth audiences / Thomas Jayaprakash Yesudhasan, N.V.Prasad and Shanthi Balraj by Yesudhasan, Thomas Jayaprakash, Prasad, N.V., Balraj, Shanthi

“…It revealed the nature and characteristics of the patterns of audience engagement with the Tamil cinema.…”
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Insight of teachers on problems of students in acquiring communicative skill in English by Muthusamy, Paramasivam, G., Singaravelu

“…Communicative skill can be practiced in the classroom transaction by using role play, pandemonium, discussion, interaction, translated version of Tamil cinema, etc. Written communicative skill can be developed by conducting essay competition, preparing advertisement, preparing projects, etc.…”
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Nine yard sarees : a family portrait by Prasanthi Ganapathy Ram

“…Lastly, Chapter Three contextualises the work by exploring the Tamil Brahmin diaspora in Singapore and investigating representations of both the native and diasporic community within Tamil cinema and literature.…”
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