ASST 418
Visual Cultures of Modern South Asia
Spring 2017
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
ARTH 418
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Class Details
This seminar explores the visual and material cultures of modern South Asia. Beginning in the late eighteenth century and moving chronologically to the present, we will examine the rise and spread of new visual technologies and spaces of display, including museums, craft practices, photography, print, and film, and their role in the formation of South Asia’s colonial, national, and global identities. Topics include colonial landscapes, politics of display, craft and nationalism, and alternative modernities. An emphasis will be also placed on popular culture — posters, calendar art, tourist souvenirs, and Bollywood movies and paraphernalia — and its social and performative lives, as well as its tension and engagement with “high art.”
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 3459
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 3459
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
presentations, weekly response papers, one short paper (4-5 pages), and one longer final paper (15-20 pages)
Prerequisites:
none; however, students are encouraged to take the Arts of South Asia, offered in the fall
Enrollment Preferences:
majors
Distributions:
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ARTH; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under ASST
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ASST 418 Division II ARTH 418 Division I
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ASST 418 Division II ARTH 418 Division I
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ASST 418 - 01 (S) SEM Visual Cultures Modern S Asia
ASST 418 - 01 (S) SEM Visual Cultures Modern S AsiaDivision II Exploring Diversity InitiativeHeeryoon ShinW 1:10 pm - 3:50 pm
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