Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as ASLC-207 | Political Science, as POSC-207 | Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-207
Amrita Basu (Section 01)
Krupa Shandilya (Section 01)
(Offered as SWAG 207, ASLC 207, and POSC 207 [SC].) This course will study South Asian women and gender through key texts in film, literature, history and politics. How did colonialism and nationalism challenge the distinctions between the “home” and the “world” and bring about partitions which splintered once shared cultural practices? What consequences did this have for postcolonial politics? How do ethnic conflicts, religious nationalisms and state repression challenge conceptions of home? How have migrations, globalization and diasporas complicated relations between the home and the world?
Spring semester. Professors Shandilya and Basu.
Section 01
Tu 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM CHAP 101
Th 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM CHAP 101
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home and the World | Penguin Random House 2005 | Rabindranath Tagore | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Shadow Lines: A Novel | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2005 | Amitav Ghosh | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Curfewed Night | Basharat Peer | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| South Asian Feminisms | Duke University Press 2012 | Ania Loomba and Ritty A. Lukose | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.