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Tuesday 25 November 2014, 16:30-18:00
Sri Lanka on film: Ceylon tea and Tamil Tigers
- 👤 Speaker: Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes, Research Fellow, Clare Hall; Affiliated Lecturer and Research Associate, Centre of South Asian Studies 🔗 Website
- 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday 25 November 2014, 16:30 - 18:00
- 📍 Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Rd, CB3 9DP
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Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes
Abstract
SEMINAR POSTPONED FOR LENT TERM 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 (2014) series.
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