variously styled “south Asia,” and the Indian subcontinent since (primarily) the 19th century, this course considers in historical perspective such contemporary concerns as "globalization," the nation and nationalism, sectarianism, communalism, and the identities, affinities and politics in which these terms and the complex phenomena they name are enmeshed in the context of migrations.
The course considers framings of both “India” and the movements of people through, in and from it, and on the epistemological assumptions and methodological practices associated with migration from this region. It also considers some of the effects of the various modalities governing these “passages” (including empire and nation), along with the migration experiences and cultural, social and political formations encountered and engendered by the men and women circulating through imperial and national spaces in and from South Asia.
The course considers framings of both “India” and the movements of people through, in and from it, and on the epistemological assumptions and methodological practices associated with migration from this region. It also considers some of the effects of the various modalities governing these “passages” (including empire and nation), along with the migration experiences and cultural, social and political formations encountered and engendered by the men and women circulating through imperial and national spaces in and from South Asia.
- Instructor of record: Madhavi Kale