Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Labour migration, the Arabian Gulf, and the expanding territorial imagination in Malayalam cinema Subject The topic of the resource Arabian Gulf; caste; Kerala; Malayalam cinema; migration; New Malayalam cinema Description An account of the resource Mainstream Malayalam cinema of the south Indian state of Kerala has, for the most part, attempted to sidestep the significance of Gulf migration to the regions development. Part of the reason for this historical neglect has been the prevalence of a particular hegemonic vantage point within the films that has centralized the narratives of the landed elites in Kerala, eliding the various historically marginalized communities within the state. This article engages with a recent development within the film industry. It examines how Gulf migration has shaped the affective dimensions and expanding territorial imagination of the New Malayalam Cinema, which has positioned labour migration as one of its central thematic concerns. It is argued that this shift was made possible by the displacement of the universalized territorial imagination of the landed elites in the state that dominated its film industry for most of its history. Subsequently, this article will closely study how director Zakariya places his debut film Sudani from Nigeria (2018) within this new cinematic category, and will demonstrate how he portrays the region of rural Malappuram in north Kerala as a nexus of various migrant experiences, crucially invoking an underlying older order of cosmopolitanism prevalent in the region, fuelled partly by the history of Gulf migration and partly by a tradition and history of migration and transnationalism that predates the formation of the Indian state. The Author(s) 2023. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P T Y. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Vol-58, No. 1, pp. 52-67. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available SAGE Publications Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/00219894221145223" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1177/00219894221145223</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85146621371&amp;doi=10.1177%2F00219894221145223&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=ca3a883a48d33c2f1e8681bf25dd2331" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85146621371&amp;doi=10.1177%2f00219894221145223&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=ca3a883a48d33c2f1e8681bf25dd2331</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 219894 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant P T Y., Christ University, India