Middlebury

FMMC 0264

Indian Cinema Romance

Indian Cinema: Romance, Nation, and Identity
In this course we will use the lens of romance to examine the world's largest film-making industry. Focusing primarily on Hindi cinema produced in Bombay/Mumbai, we will examine the narrative conventions, aesthetic devices (such as song-dance sequences), and other cinematic conventions that are unique to Indian films' narration of romance. Through a historical overview of films from the silent, colonial, and post-colonial eras into the contemporary era of globalization, we will track how the family is configured, the assignment of gender roles, and how national identity is allegorized through family romance. The course includes weekly screenings of films, which will be sub-titled in English. 3 hrs. lect.
Subject:
Film & Media Culture
Department:
Film & Media Culture
Division:
Arts
Requirements Fulfilled:
AAL ART SOA SOC
Equivalent Courses:
GSFS 0264 *
WAGS 0264

Sections

Spring 2024

FMMC0264A-S24 Lecture (Moorti)

Fall 2016

FMMC0264A-F16 Lecture (Moorti)

Spring 2014

FMMC0264A-S14 Lecture (Moorti)

Fall 2012

FMMC0264A-F12 Lecture (Moorti)

Spring 2011

FMMC0264A-S11 Lecture (Moorti)