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Academic Year 2001/2002
Cinema, Culture, and Politics in India
ANTH 288 SP
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
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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