Sri Lanka’s visual identity: from Ceylon tea to Tamil Tigers

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• Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes (Clare Hall; Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge)
• Thursday 03 March 2016, 16:00-17:00
• S2 Seminar Room, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT.

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Issues of imperial and national representations of Ceylon / Sri Lanka’s cultural and economic traditions and of recent military conflict are discussed in this lecture in relation to specific cinematic narratives, from colonial documentaries to TV reportages. (Participants might find some of the images disturbing.)

This talk is part of the Visual Rhetoric and modern South Asian history (2015-16) series.

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• S2 Seminar Room, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT
• Visual Rhetoric and modern South Asian history (2015-16)

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