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C.U. in India 2017-18 Course Information

C.U. in India is a year-long, domestic/overseas course series that provides students with the opportunity to have an applied learning and cultural experience abroad while earning multiple credit units.

 

The following course will be offered in the 2017-18 Academic Year:

The Performing Arts of Modern South India 

Professor: Davesh Soneji

This course focuses on the social history of the performing arts in modern South India and their interface with larger discourses on religion, gender, nation, and modernity. The course is centered on three allied performance traditions: Karnatak music, Bharatanatyam dance, and Tamil Kuttu theater. During our visit to India, we will travel to sites associated with performance, including temples and palaces such as those in the cities of Thanjavur and Pudukkottai. We will also spend time in the cities of Hyderabad and Chennai to examine modes of contemporary cultural production in these globalized cities, and travel to small towns and villages such as Mummidivaram to meet with artists from former courtesan communities. The course fosters a deep and sensitive understanding of both the power and politics of performance in the cultural life of modern South India.

Visit the C.U. in India website to learn more about the program!