Spring 2021

SSEASN 24 001 - SEM 001

Formerly South and Southeast Asian Studies 24

Freshman Seminar

Bollywood cinema: Contexts, politics and spectatorship

Vasugi Kailasam

Jan 19, 2021 - May 07, 2021

02:00 pm - 02:59 pm

Internet/Online

Class #:33045

Units: 1

Instruction Mode: Pending Review

Offered through South and Southeast Asian Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 10

Enrolled: 10

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 20

Waitlist Max: 5

Open Reserved Seats:

4 unreserved seats

6 reserved for Students with 1-2 Terms in Attendance

Hours & Workload

1 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 2 hours of outside work hours per week.

Other classes by Vasugi Kailasam

The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.

Class Description

This seminar will provide an introduction to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema and the development of popular Indian cinema since the 1930s. The course will examine the evolution of the Bollywood form and narrative strategy across a wide repertoire of films from 1940's to the present moment. Topics include the contemporary global moment associated with the category "Bollywood," the impact of social media technologies, new economies of consumption, and wider export markets of Indian visual culture.