Assam The Language of Tea: A familial re-purposing

Cavers, Colin

Abstract

Assam, the Language of Tea: A Familial Repurposing, by Colin Cavers, is a postcolonial investigation of his colonial past by revisiting his portrait of tea pluckers project in the context of family history. In doing so, Cavers examines the synergies, antimonies and points of rupture between the personal of the colonial and the vision of the postcolonial.

Citation

Cavers, C. (2017). Assam The Language of Tea: A familial re-purposing. In IX Chobi Mela 2017

• Acceptance Date: Jul 28, 2016
• Publication Date: Feb 3, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 12, 2017
• Book Title: IX Chobi Mela 2017
• ISBN: 978-984-34-1915-6
• Keywords: Post-Colonial, Photography, Archive, Chobi Mela, Dhaka, Assam, Tea, Industry, Family Album,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/926517
• Related Public URLs: http://www.chobimela.org/alexander-supartono