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Monday 25 November 2013, 16:30-18:00
Sri Lanka’s visual identity: from Ceylon tea to Tamil Tigers
- 👤 Speaker: Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes, Research Fellow, Clare Hall; Affiliated Lecturer and Research Associate, Centre of South Asian Studies
- 📅 Date & Time: Monday 25 November 2013, 16:30 - 18:00
- 📍 Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP.
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Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes
Abstract
Issues of imperial and national representations of Ceylon / Sri Lanka’s 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 (2013) series.
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