Sri Lanka on film: 'Ceylon tea and Tamil Tigers'
- π€ Speaker: Dr Annamaria Motrescu, Affiliated Lecturer and Research Associate, Centre of South Asian Studies
- π Date & Time: Tuesday 20 November 2012, 16:00 - 17:00
- π Venue: S2 Seminar Room, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
Abstract
Issues of imperial and national representations of Ceylon / Sri Lankaβs cultural and economic traditions and of recent military conflict are discussed in relation to specific cinematic narratives, from colonial documentaries to TV reportages. (Participants might find some of the images disturbing.)
Series This talk is part of the Visual rhetoric and modern South Asian history series.
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Tuesday 20 November 2012, 16:00-17:00