ENGH 362: Global Voices

ENGH 362-001: Global India
(Spring 2012)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T

Section Information for Spring 2012

Say "globalization," and "India" usually pops up soon after. But India's relationship to the global has existed long before US anxieties (and, mercifully, canceled offensive sitcoms) about outsourcing. Western fascination with Bollywood chic, or Tom Friedman's discovery of the world as flat. Looking at media produced in India and its diaspora, this course will consider the ways that film imagines "Indian" as a national identity that extends beyond state borders, and we will also examine how cinema handles the linguistic and cultural diversity that exists within the official Republic of India. Using the idea of the global broadly, this course will consider the flows of influence between Indian film and cinema in the US and Europe; address the relationship between commercial Hindi film/"Bollywood" and "parallel cinemas" in other languages; look at Bollywood's construction of the NRI (non-resident Indian); and examine the global circulation of Indian cinema particularly in relation to South Asian communities outside of India. Screenings include:Sholay, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Heaven on Earth, Anita and Me, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, The World of Apu, The Terrorist, and Masala. Note: 513 students will have additional reading assignments (including key texts in postcolonial studies, globalization studies, and geogrphy) as well as at least one presentation. Graduate students with questions about the undergraduate/graduate split should email me (jscarlat@gmu.edu).

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies two cultures other than contemporary British or American culture through exploration of several textual forms such as written literature, oral literature, film, folklore, or popular culture. Specific cultures vary, but at least one is non- Western. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Global Understanding
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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