Browsing: Illuminating

This collection of 16 essays spanning Tamil politics, culture, and cinema brings together papers originally presented at the annual Chicago Tamil Forum between 2014 and 2023. It is divided into three parts: Politics and Power: (Post)Colonialism, Caste, Modernity; Language and Literature: Poiesis, Translation, Ideology; and Media and Mediation: Voice, Stage, Screen. Part I addresses caste,…