Course Title:
Anthropology of South Asia
Course Description:
Focuses on learning more about the peoples, history, and culture of South Asia as a world region and particularly on the ways that this area has influenced and been influenced by the rest of the globe. Seeks to help students understand the pathways along which knowledge about South Asia has been created and the ways that the cultures of those who live in the region have been shaped by their engagement with the world, including issues such as tradition vs. modernity, Sanskritization, colonialism, and village life. Places particular focus on themes such as Orientalism, caste, making history under colonialism, religion and conflict, gender, and modernity.
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Summer 1 Offering:
Prerequisite 1:
SOA U101
Summer 2 Offering:
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Cross-Listed Course 1:
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Repeatable:
N
Additional Information:
Approved course: Arts & Sciences Core-Diversity
