Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: LANGUAGE, IDEOLOGY AND IDENTITY IN SOUTH ASIA

Department: Asian Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will explore how both in history and contemporary South Asian society, linguistic identity has transformed ideology in nationalist and post-nationalist struggles. In the process examining issues of multilingualism, morality and literacy, language conflicts, language use in media, advertising and cinema. Viewing the political, civil society and social movements through the prism of language pluralism. Cross-list: ANTH 209, LING 209.