Basil Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 10127015 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Basil Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Basil |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christian Medical College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1641-2515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Migration Within Frames
The present study assumes that cartoons, as a visual product of culture, wraps social reality in humour. The cartoonists from Keralam have actively and consistently represented the socio-cultural evolution of the state. The transformation of agrarian economy into a Gulf remittance economy can be visualized in the cartoon series in the decades of 1970s and 1980s. Migration refers to the flow or movement of people to a new country for several reaso…
The Politics of Cuisine
Culture is a way of living encoded in dress, food, religion, values, and more subjectively practised in a human society. As a medium of portraying the everyday cultural and social happenings in the society, cartoons serve as a subtle and satiric critique of the same. Cuisine is a multisensory experience, inevitable as a daily need but often undervalued in the semiotic signification it entails. Food defines communal as well as territorial or regio…
Scribbling With Male Ego
Male cartoonists dominated the cartoon industry of Keralam in the second half of the twentieth century. Women stereotypes are highlighted in the discourse of cartoons, probably like any other artform in the world. This paper is an attempt to analyse the representation of women folk in the cartoons of Keralam, during the post independent period of India. The cartoons of veteran male cartoonists namely Cartoonist Toms, Cartoonist Yesudasan and Cart…
Visual Representation of Dalits in the Cartoons of Keralam
Power and hierarchy have always been intertwined with the social transactions in every culture, and this is true not only in the larger social institutions like religion and education, but even in the smaller social units like family and neighborhood as well. One’s position in the hierarchy has been the criterion for exploitation and discrimination in the society, and this has been especially true in the case of Dalits in India. Even in aesthetic…
A Visual Representation of the Education System of Keralam Through Cartoons
The surplus number of comic magazines that existed in Keralam even before the official formation of the state in 1956 reinstates the affinity of the Malayalam speaking people towards cartoons. The social situations and the functioning of various institutions like education and employment were a source of inspiration for the cartoonists from Keralam. The high literacy rate of Keralam is not the product of a single day. The foundation work of this …
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A Visual Representation of the Education System of Keralam Through Cartoons
The surplus number of comic magazines that existed in Keralam even before the official formation of the state in 1956 reinstates the affinity of the Malayalam speaking people towards cartoons. The social situations and the functioning of various institutions like education and employment were a source of inspiration for the cartoonists from Keralam. The high literacy rate of Keralam is not the product of a single day. The foundation work of this …
Visual Representation of Dalits in the Cartoons of Keralam
Power and hierarchy have always been intertwined with the social transactions in every culture, and this is true not only in the larger social institutions like religion and education, but even in the smaller social units like family and neighborhood as well. One’s position in the hierarchy has been the criterion for exploitation and discrimination in the society, and this has been especially true in the case of Dalits in India. Even in aesthetic…
The Politics of Cuisine
Culture is a way of living encoded in dress, food, religion, values, and more subjectively practised in a human society. As a medium of portraying the everyday cultural and social happenings in the society, cartoons serve as a subtle and satiric critique of the same. Cuisine is a multisensory experience, inevitable as a daily need but often undervalued in the semiotic signification it entails. Food defines communal as well as territorial or regio…
Scribbling With Male Ego
Male cartoonists dominated the cartoon industry of Keralam in the second half of the twentieth century. Women stereotypes are highlighted in the discourse of cartoons, probably like any other artform in the world. This paper is an attempt to analyse the representation of women folk in the cartoons of Keralam, during the post independent period of India. The cartoons of veteran male cartoonists namely Cartoonist Toms, Cartoonist Yesudasan and Cart…
Migration Within Frames
The present study assumes that cartoons, as a visual product of culture, wraps social reality in humour. The cartoonists from Keralam have actively and consistently represented the socio-cultural evolution of the state. The transformation of agrarian economy into a Gulf remittance economy can be visualized in the cartoon series in the decades of 1970s and 1980s. Migration refers to the flow or movement of people to a new country for several reaso…
Political science (5 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cartoonist (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)