SLLC287

Muslims and Urdu feature prominently in the Hindi cinema of Bollywood, which is centered in the cosmopolitan, coastal city of Mumbai, India, formerly known as Bombay. In Bollywood film, Urdu is the preferred language of love, duty, and sacrifice. But it is also closely associated with India's Muslim community, the largest religious minority, and with the conventions of a feudal past. This course introduces students to the methods used by scholars to understand how these films have represented the nation and its minorities.