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PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF SOUTH ASIA
Dr. Michele Gamburd
Office: 141-N Cramer Hall
Phone: (503) 725-3317
gamburdm@pdx.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This upper-level introduction to South Asia will focus on three main topics: the nature of the caste system in India, the position of women in society, and the roles of religion, language, territory and identity in fueling violence in various areas of the subcontinent. Lecture and discussion will emphasize issues of competing claims to authority in these areas: the question of who gets to define the nation, the family, caste, Hinduism, and so forth. Students will not only learn about the history and ethnography of the region, but will also gain an understanding of theoretical debates in anthropology through a critical evaluation of the modes of representation used by social scientists and others to describe cultural structures and practices in South Asia.
REQUIRED READINGS:
* Daniel, E. Valentine (1996) Charred Lullabies: Chapters in an Anthropology of Violence. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
* Dumont, Louis. 1980 (1966). Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications. Complete Revised English Edition. Mark Sainsbury, Louis Dumont, and Basia Gulati, trans. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
<span style='color:red'>* Kakar, Sudhir (1996) The Colors of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
* Marriott, McKim ed. (1990) India Through Hindu Categories. New York: Sage.
* Pandey, Gyandendra ed. (1993). Hindus and Others: The Question of Identity in India Today. Delhi: Viking Penguin.
* Trawick, Margaret. (1990) Notes on Love in a Tamil Family. Berkeley: University of California Press.
* Roy, Beth. 1994. Some trouble with cows : making sense of social conflict. Berkeley : University of California Press.
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http://web.pdx.edu/~b5mg/asiasyll.html
PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF SOUTH ASIA
Dr. Michele Gamburd
Office: 141-N Cramer Hall
Phone: (503) 725-3317
gamburdm@pdx.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This upper-level introduction to South Asia will focus on three main topics: the nature of the caste system in India, the position of women in society, and the roles of religion, language, territory and identity in fueling violence in various areas of the subcontinent. Lecture and discussion will emphasize issues of competing claims to authority in these areas: the question of who gets to define the nation, the family, caste, Hinduism, and so forth. Students will not only learn about the history and ethnography of the region, but will also gain an understanding of theoretical debates in anthropology through a critical evaluation of the modes of representation used by social scientists and others to describe cultural structures and practices in South Asia.
REQUIRED READINGS:
* Daniel, E. Valentine (1996) Charred Lullabies: Chapters in an Anthropology of Violence. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
* Dumont, Louis. 1980 (1966). Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications. Complete Revised English Edition. Mark Sainsbury, Louis Dumont, and Basia Gulati, trans. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
<span style='color:red'>* Kakar, Sudhir (1996) The Colors of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
* Marriott, McKim ed. (1990) India Through Hindu Categories. New York: Sage.
* Pandey, Gyandendra ed. (1993). Hindus and Others: The Question of Identity in India Today. Delhi: Viking Penguin.
* Trawick, Margaret. (1990) Notes on Love in a Tamil Family. Berkeley: University of California Press.
* Roy, Beth. 1994. Some trouble with cows : making sense of social conflict. Berkeley : University of California Press.
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