Introduction to Global Bollywood
FILM 329
Fall 2018
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| Certificates: South Asia Studies |
Bollywood (India's Hindi film industry) is today an acknowledged cultural product with a global audience. This course will offer a historical introduction and contextualization to the study of Indian cinema. Bollywood today signifies more than cinema, it is a global culture industry that encompasses everything from dance, music and fashion to food and yoga. The course will examine this massive culture industry and its circulation in the global space as a unique cultural form. The first part of the course will cover the early history of Bollywood and pay close attention to the aesthetics of Bollywood film; what makes this cinema unique? The second part will hone in on the socio-cultural and industrial logic of Bollywood's global presence and circulation by focusing on specific case studies such as the U.S, U.K, Russia, and China. What constitutes the transnational appeal of Bollywood film culture? We will also try to understand this complex term Bollywood by focusing on globalization and its impact on cinematic representations of nation, family, diaspora, religion, gender, relationships and cultural traditions. How did Indian Hindi Cinema morph into Bollywood? Throughout the course we will bring up questions about nationalism and identity fostered through cinema and notions of home and belonging in a globally mobile world. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FILM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: FIILM307 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(FILM-MN)(FILM)(GSAS-MN)(GSAS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Nasreen Munni Kabir,BOLLYWOOD
Rebecca Lind, CONSIDERING DIVERSITY ACROSS AUDIENCES, CONTENT, AND PRODUCERS
Sam Joshi, "HOW TO WATCH A HINDI FILM"Vijay Mishra, BOLLYWOOD CINEMA
Hamid Nafici, AN ACCENTED CINEMA
Additional essays and articles provided by Professor
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Examinations and Assignments:
4 short essays; final project; participation |
| Instructor(s): Rai,Swapnil Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-12:10PM; Location: AWKS010; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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