CWL 207
Spring 2023 Part of Term 1
Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3
Jan 17-May 3
Credit: 3 hours.
Introduction to Indian mainstream (mainly Bollywood) cinema and its evolution through the last seven decades. Topics to be explored include, but not limited to, the relation between Indian society/culture and its cinematic representations, cinema's resistance to dominant nationalist and patriarchal ideologies, its interactions with the postcolonial nation-state of India, how globalization has changed the industry. All films will be screened with subtitles. No knowledge of Hindi or any other Indian language is required.
Same as MACS 207.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in
Fall 2022 for:
Humanities – Lit & Arts
Cultural Studies - Non-West
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65011
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Lecture-Discussion
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A2
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2:00PM
-3:20PM
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MW
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Campus Instructional Facility
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Mehta, R
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