79-361 Nation, Culture, and Society in South Asian Cinema

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course uses cinema to explore the portrayal of contemporary South Asia. It traces the development of South Asia through film and highlights the changing images of the region since the 1950s. In addition to outlining the political history of South Asia, themes of nation-building, political culture, corruption, inequality, and social tension based on gender, caste, religion, region, and language, as well as transnational/global South Asian cinema, will be addressed.

Prerequisites: none listed

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