Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Imaging Muslim women and identity formation through Tamil cinema in South India

Ms. N. Nazini, S. Arul Selvan

Abstract :

 Tamil movies are mostly created from men’s perspective. The images of women which are shown are mentioned to have sociological or semiotic or stereotype style. In such circumstances when muslim females are projected, of social standing particularly representing first as women and secondly signify themselves as a member from socially excluded groups. Furthermore these portrayals of images were oken down by Tamil movies like Bombay (1995), Pokkisham (2009) and Mella thiranthathu Kathavu( 1986). In these films female central characters have the benefit of key positions and check out to dislocate themselves out of social environmental forces that are controlled by men. In this context, this paper intends to examine and summarize the analysis of three Tamil movies with regard to Muslim women and a way of depict their characters and their social status. Further for this paper analyst acquaint Code sheet with eak down from the film for examining the stereotype attributes of Muslim women in the motion pictures.

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Ms.N.Nazini, S. Arul Selvan Imaging Muslim women and identity formation through Tamil cinema in South India International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 9 |September 2016

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