CWL 207
spring 2026
All Classes
Indian Cinema in Context
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 Spring 2026 for:
- Humanities – Lit & Arts
- Cultural Studies - Non-West
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