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Academic Year 2000/2001


Cinema, Culture, and Politics in India
ANTH 288 SP

Crosslistings:
FILM 329

This course will explore the links between cinema, political culture, and society in India. Concentrating on Bengal and taking a broadly historical and symbolic interpretive approach to Indian culture, we shall explore Indian and comparative esthetics; economic and social contexts of film production; regional, alternative, and popular cinemas.

MAJOR READINGS

S. Chakravarty, NATIVE IDENTITY IN INDIAN POPULAR CINEMA
J. Maquet, AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE (Yale)
Barnouw & Krishnaswamy, INDIAN FILM (OUP)
A. Ostor, CULTURE AND POWER (Sage)
G. Roberge, ANOTHER CINEMA FOR ANOTHER SOCIETY (Academic)
L. Dumont, RELIGION/POLITICS AND HISTORY IN INDIA (Mouton) S. Ray, OUR CINEMA/THEIR CINEMA
Articles or chapters by Fruzzetti, Madan, Nandy, Ramanujan, Das, Dasgupta. About 14 feature films will be screened, among them, subject to availability, the works of Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Keetan Mehta, Adoor Gopalakrishnam, and productions of the mainstream Bombay cinema.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short papers, one in-class test and a longer take home final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

One social science and/or one cinema course LAB FEE OF $40.00 Tuesday evening screenings of above films.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ANTH    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Ostor,Akos A.   
Times: ..T.T.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; ..T.... 07:30PM-10:00PM;     Location: SCIE150
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 36)
SR. major: 9   Jr. major: 9
SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 4   SO: 9   FR:

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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