Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
gender equality, unequal environment, misrepresentations, life, Tamilian women
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
Abstract
In May through September of 2005 I shot a documentary film about social progress for women in a village just outside the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. The original purpose was to learn how the social and domestic roles of a family are affected by a specific development program aimed at helping women become financially independent through microlending and vocational training. What I ended up with instead was an experiment in visual anthropology and an unusual story about the day to day lives of Tamil women and the other stories they tell to misrepresent their experiences.
Recommended Citation
Carpenter, Evan and Hartley, Dr. Julie
(2013)
"Discussing Gender Equality in an Unequal Environment: Misrepresentations of Life by Tamilian Women,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 115.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/115