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India: Power and Performance - ANTH301
This unit introduces you to India with a succession of lectures that blend history and anthropology, taking you through Indian history with a power/performance focus in mind. Many lectures will focus on religion as a field of power and performance. We will look at broad cultural themes such as: 'sacrifice' in Hindu India, the performance of charismatic power in courtly and popular traditions in Muslim and Hindu India, and the new and old meanings in nationalist constructions of India. Embodiment is also a central theme in this unit and we will attend to the body as the grounding for culture and experience in our ethnographic study of India. Contemporary issues of performing, sexuality and gender in postcolonial India are treated through cinema, TV, performance of dance and music.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Kalpana Ram |
| Prerequisites: |
39cp or admission to GDipArts
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| NCCW(s): | ANTH360 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts |
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