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Academic Year 2003/2004


Cinema, Culture, and Politics in India
ANTH 288 FA

Crosslistings:
FILM 329

This course will explore the links between cinema, political culture, and society in India. Concentrating on Bengali and Hindi films 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

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 16 feature films will be screened, among them the works of Satyajitv Ray, Mrinal Sen, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Shyam Benegal, Keetan Mehta, Adoor Gopalakrishnam, Aravindan, Govind Nihalani.

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.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004


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