What is it about?
The study deals with dress as an artifact in films, especially films that show people from the state of Kerala in India migrating to Gulf. The study examines the transportation of symbolic and material values of dress from Gulf to Kerala.
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Material culture is a significant approach to studying artifacts and how they entangle with humans. This paper deals with dress as an artifact and the trope of materiality of dress in films.
Perspectives
The paper uses material culture as an optic to discuss how dress from abroad intersects with local cultures.
Shuaib Mohamed Haneef M
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This page is a summary of: Dress and Gulf imagery in two Malayalam films: Pathemari and Marubhoomiyile Aana, Film Fashion & Consumption, October 2020, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/ffc_00018_1.
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