HIAB0100FU Introduction to Modern India and South Asia’s History, Culture, and Society 2

Volume 2019/2020
Education
  • Curriculum Bachelor's degree programme in modern India and South Asia Studies 2019
  • Curriculum The Bachelor's supplementary subject in Japanese Studies, China studies, Korean studies (Asian Studies) and modern India and South Asia Studies 2019
Content

This course introduces some of the forms of social distinctions and inequalities in societies in South Asia. It examines the specific issues of caste, class, gender and kinship, and their complex entanglements with religion in urban and rural contexts. It draws on critical debates and ethnographies of the region, as well as films (including documentary footage) and fiction (e.g. Dalit stories). The course aims to illuminate the fluid and diverse formations that characterise the societies in this region, and the relations of power integral to them.

Learning Outcome

BA 2019-curriculum: 
Introduction to Modern India and South Asia’s History, Culture, and Society 2(Activiti code HIAB00931E) 

BA Elective 2019-curriculum: 
Introduction to Modern India and South Asia’s History, Culture, and Society 2(Activiti code HIAB10111E)

Literature
  • Diane P. Mines & Sarah Lamb (Eds.) (2002 + 2010) Everyday Life in South Asia. Indiana: Indiana University Press. 1st Edition & 2nd Edition [Paperback] - M. N. Srinivas (Ed) (2000) Caste : Its 20th Century Avatar. New Delhi: Penguin Books India [Paperback]
  • Mukulika Banerjee (Ed.) (2008) Muslim Portraits: Everyday Lives in India. Bloomington: Indiana University Press [Paperback] - Omprakash Valmiki (2003) Joothan: An Untouchable's Life. Translated from the Hindi by Arun Prabha Mukherjee New York: Columbia University Press [Paperback] - Surinder S. Jodhka (2012) Caste. New Delhi: Oxford University PressPaperback]

 

N.B. Other readings will also be referred to during class sessions

A combination of lectures and active student participation in presentations and discussions. The course involves 3 hour sessions per week for 14 weeks. In addition to the readings and preparations for the course, there will be one take-home practice/processual essay.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Guidance
  • 42
  • Lectures
  • 28
  • Preparation
  • 342,5
  • Total
  • 412,5
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Other
Criteria for exam assesment