South Asia Film and Media Courses Media and Society in South Asia MWF 11:30-1:20: Winter, 1999 Instructor: Keith Snodgrass: Office: 303 Thomson Office Hours: Tues. and Wed., 10-12, or by appointment Phone: 543-4800, email <snodgras@u.washington.edu> Course Web Page: < http://weber.u.washington.edu/~sascuw/film.html> Accommodation Statement: If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, 543-8924 (voice/TDD). If you have a letter from DSS indicating that you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations you might need for class. Required Materials:
This course will focus on the relationship between media structures
and products and the society in which they are produced. Questions
addressed will include:
Grade Computation:
Participation: Your participation in class will be assessed on a daily basis. There are several criteria for defining good participation: 1)Presence in class 2) preparation for class (completion of required readings and assignments) 3)constructive and informed spoken contributions to class discussions 4) interest in and efforts to maintain an environment in which every class member feels able to learn and participate Presentation You will be assigned a topic on which you will be required, working with one or two other students, to make a short (15 minutes) presentation in class. Short Paper. A 2 page paper with your ideas about a topic you select. More details at the end of this syllabus. Final Paper A 12 -18 page research paper which includes your original ideas about a topic you select, and which is documented and written in correct academic style. More details at the end of this syllabus. Assigned readings should be completed by the day on which they are listed in the Class Calendar. Course Assumptions:
Some films we will see include:
Class Schedule Mon., Jan. 4Intro and class: The Evolution of Media in South Asia: The Historical Context Reading: No assigned reading Wed., Jan. 6 Amy Lally, Film Maker, Films: Ballad of the Causeway and Jala Do (Torch the Pyre) followed by discussion with the film maker. Fri, Jan. 8 Irene Joshi, South Asia Librarian speaks on how to use the library Reading: · Amar Chitra Katha Ramayana (entire); ·Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia, "The World of Amar Chitra Katha" and "The Saints Subdued: Domestic Virtue and National Integration in Amar Chitra Katha (pp. 76-134) Jan. 11 Film: Kings, Lovers and Thieves Reading: ·Playing with Modernity: The Decolonization of Indian Cricket (in reader) ·The Use of Music in Popular Film: East and West" (pp. 77-87) in India International Centre Quarterly (in reader) Jan. 13 Class: Censorship Reading: ·"Balancing Act", "Sex, Bloodbaths and a pair of Scissors", from Cinemaya, Vol. 4, July-Sept. �89 (in reader) Jan. 15 Films: In The Name of God and Father, Son and Holy War Jan. 18 HOLIDAY Jan. 20 Film : Mother India Reading: ·Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia, "Market Forces at Work: Religious Themes in Commercial Hindi Films" (pp. 191-216) ·"Melodrama and the Negotiation of Morality in Mainstream Hindi Film", Rosie Thomas, pp. 157-183 (in reader) Jan. 22 Film: Mother India (cont.) Jan. 25 ASSIGNMENT DUE - 2 page assignment outlined below is due at the beginning of class today. Reading: ·"New Uses of the Romantic-Mythic Tradition" in National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema 1947-1987, Sumita S. Chakravarty, Univ. of Texas Press, Austin, 1993 Jan. 27 Jan. 29 Film: Sholay Reading: ·Sholay: A Cultural Reading, pp. 69-130, ·Villains: Ever changing yet never changing (pp. 18-19 in reader) Feb. 1 Film: Cont. Sholay Reading: ·Sholay: A Cultural Reading, pp. 69-130, Feb. 3 Film Jai Santoshi Maa Reading: · The Mythological Film and its Framework of Meaning: An Analysis of Jai Santoshi Ma (in Reader) Feb. 5 Film: Jai Santoshi Maa (cont.) Feb. 8 Assignment: Rough Draft of final paper (3 copies) Feb. 10 Peer Review of rough draft of final paper Feb. 12 Film Garam Hawa Readings: ·To be announced Feb. 15 HOLIDAY Feb. 17 Cont. Garam Hawa Feb. 19 Class: Media and Politics Reading: · The Politics of Adulation: Cinema and the Production of Politicians in South India (JAS, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 340-372), India aims to grant autonomy to state-owned media (pg. 1 in reader)and Artitstes� plea to Jaipal Reddy (p. 3 in reader) and House panel queries safeguards against unicensed channels (p. 4 in reader) and Centre bands DTH services and Broadcasting bill to provide level-playing field for private channels and Ambivalence in a STAR-y Eyed Land: Doordarshan and the Satellite TV Challenge (pp. 6-17 in reader) Feb. 22 Film Ramanand Sagar�s TV Ramayana Reading: · Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia, All in the (Raghu) Family: A Video Epic in Cultural Context (pp. 217-253) and Indian cinemas dress up to seduce (p. 4 in reader) Cont. Ramanand Sagar�s TV Ramayana Feb. 24 Class: Media in Other South Asian Countries Reading: · "A Defiant Survivor" in Cinemaya No. 23, Spring �94 (in reader), The Quaid Movie - at last some answers and Jinnah�s Film - Christopher Lee (pp. 2-3 in reader) and Pakistanis fume and fret over Internet site on 1971 Indo-Pak war (p. 5 in reader) and NEPAL TELEVISION - Surrender to the Satellite Challenge and Caught between Zee and Zia and collecting Orbital Junk (pp. 19-25 in reader) Feb. 26 Television Class; Television Reading: ·The Dream Factory Comes Home (pp. 82-99 in reader) Mar. 1 Class: Divya McMillin
Written Assignments
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