ASN561 STATE SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN INDIA
| Course Code: |
8420561 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Asian Studies |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assoc.Prof.Dr. SMITA TEWARI JASSAL |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course is designed to introduce students to significant social, political and cultural issues in India’s recent history and through its emergence as a modern nation state. In the first half of the course, our broad aim will be to analyze what was at stake in formulations of ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity.’ The latter half of the course will examine how these formulations relate to contemporary issues and everyday life in South Asia. How concepts such as gender, caste, religion, and nation change over time, will be explored.
