WGS 349: Gender & Sexuality Bollywood

Prerequisite: ENL 102 or permission of instructor

General Education requirement: 4C - Global Society

Examination of how Bollywood (popular Hindi-language Indian cinema) portrays gender and sexuality as they intersect with issues of tradition, modernity, caste, class, region, religion, nation, and migration in postcolonial India. Bollywood is one of the largest film industries in the world, and this course explores how these films have come to both reflect and shape Indian society and culture.