Women in South Asia from 1800 to Present, Fall 2006

Abstract:

Exploration of the changes and continuities in the lives of South Asian women. Using gender as a lens, examine how politics of race, class, caste, and religion have affected women in South Asian countries, primarily in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Current debates within South Asian women's history illustrate the issues and problems that arise in re-writing the past from a gendered perspective. Primary documents, secondary readings, films, newspaper articles, and the Internet.

Subject:

Humanities, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Collection:

MIT OpenCourseWare