Universität Wien

240081 SE Indian Cinema: Masala, Myth and Globalisation (P4) (2014S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Participation at first session is obligatory!
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Dienstag 11.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 18.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 25.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 01.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 08.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 29.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 06.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 13.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 20.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 27.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 03.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 17.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag 24.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The course is dedicated to three dimensions of Indian cinema:
I) Masala: Culture, Song & Dance and Hybridization
Masala as Genre and Cultural Practise
Hybrid Landscapes of Love and Performance
The Travels of Song & Dance
II) Myths: Gods, Superheroes and Stars
Epics as Cinematic Metatexts
Muslims in/and Indian Cinema
Stardom and 'globalized polysemy': Shah Rukh Khan
III) Globalization: Bollywood in Diasporic and Transcultural Circuits
Family, Nationhood and Globalization
NRIs and other Postcolonial/Globalized Heros
Global Audiences and Digital Culture

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

obligatory attendance; regular reading/film viewing; participation in discussion of texts/films, outline for seminar paper (due until May 30th); seminar paper (6000 - 7000 words, in English or German) due until October 20th 2014 at the latest!

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course aims on the one hand at expanding knowledge in the field of visual culture and cinema from anthropological as well as interdisciplinary perspectives. On the other hand, the class will give students an opportunity to study and implement research methods as well as theoretical concepts in the respective fields of visual anthropology in combination with postcolonial studies and the study of globalization.

Prüfungsstoff

Discussion of selected texts (each week 2-3 texts will be discussed, each student chooses / prepares 1 text per week + 1 movie every second week approx.); the discussion of texts is complemented by the analysis of film/video clips. Further information on moodle.

Literatur

Desai, Jigna / Dudrah, Rajinder / Rai, Amit. 2005. 'Bollywood Audiences.' Special Issue: South Asian Popular Culture 3 (2)
Dudrah, Rajinder 2006. Bollywood: Sociology Goes to the Movies. New Delhi et al.: Sage Publications.
Dwyer, Rachel 2006. Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema. London, New York, Routledge.
Kaur, Raminder/ Sinha, Ajit J. (eds.). 2005. Bollyworld. Popular Indian Cinema through a Transactional Lens. London et al.: Sage Publications.
Kavoori, Anandam P. & Aswin Punathambekar (eds.) 2008. Global Bollywood. New York, London: New York University Press.
Mehta, Rini B./Pandharipande, Rajeshwari 2011. Bollywood and Globalization. Indian Popular Cinema, Nation, and Diaspora. London, Anthem Press.
Mishra, Vijay 2002. Bollywood cinema. Temples of desire. London, New York: Routledge.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:39