Law and disorder: the police and policing in Tamil cinema

Selvaraj Velayutham; Maya Ranganathan

Law and disorder: the police and policing in Tamil cinema

Selvaraj Velayutham, Maya Ranganathan

School of Communication, Society and Culture

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Abstract

This paper critically examines representations of police-citizen interaction with oppressed communities in Tamil Cinema that reveal torture, abuse and a state of exception.

Original language	English
Journal	Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
Issue number	62 (2023-2024)
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Keywords

Tamil cinema
Subaltern Studies
Dalits

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Law and disorder: the police and policing in Tamil cinema

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