ANTH 635: Regional Ethnography

ANTH 635-001: Regional Ethnography
(Fall 2012)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W

Krug Hall 209

Section Information for Fall 2012

This course focuses on the concepts of modernity, colonialism, and nationalism as they unfolded on the South Asian subcontinent in the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout, we will consider to what extent these processes were precursors to globalization or examples of it. Our analysis of primary texts by Rammohun Roy, Syed Ahmad Khan, Jotirao Phule, Tarabai Shinde, Rabindranath Tagore, Mohandas K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, Mohammed Iqbal, M.A. Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru and others will reveal how South Asians responded to, resisted, and reformed society during the British colonial period. Secondary readings will detail how categories such as caste, language, ethnicity, gender, and religion became markers of modern political identity as well as categories of knowledge.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

In-depth study of peoples and cultures of a specific world region (e.g., East Asia, Latin America, South Asia) and critical scholarship on the region. Content may include cultures defined by diaspora, migration, and other global forces and processes. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. Offered by Sociology & Anthropology. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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