ANTH 027 SC - Contemporary South Asia

This course will introduce students to anthropological perspectives on South Asia. South Asia, which is home to a quarter of the world’s population, occupies a geopolitically and economically salient space. In this course, students will learn about contemporary issues in South Asia by examining the role of colonialism in shaping its present, by exploring the condition of post-coloniality, and subsequently discussing neoliberal politics in the subcontinent. This course helps students to challenge ethnocentric and delimiting understandings of South Asia, while enabling them to see South Asia for its conceptually generative potential. In this course, we will explore themes such as caste, gender, religious violence, city-making, conservation, and development among others, through ethnographic texts, novels, autobiographies and documentary films.

Course Credit: 1.0

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