{"id":11090,"date":"2025-06-03T14:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?post_type=previous-courses&#038;p=11090"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:29:01","slug":"how-to-see-the-caste-1","status":"publish","type":"previous-courses","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/tr\/previous-courses\/winter-2023-24\/how-to-see-the-caste-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to See the Caste"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a662079b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7b60fd04\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e0d64d06\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e0d64d06\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1f2875eb gb-headline-text\">How to See the Caste<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b1648cf9 gb-headline-text\"><em>Hindi Cinema and the Making of Contemporary India<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f91c37b5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#reyazul-haque-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REYAZUL HAQUE<\/a>, JULIA STRUTZ<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a30ea48 gb-tabs\" data-opened-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84f8d681 gb-tabs__buttons\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-a79c01e0 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-tab-button-a79c01e0\">Overview<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bfd101b8 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button\" id=\"gb-tab-button-bfd101b8\">Course Outline<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f59097b gb-tabs__items\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c5f721 gb-tabs__item gb-tabs__item-open\" id=\"gb-tab-item-f5c5f721\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-68c7fb24 gb-headline-text\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>While castes have been around for more than 3000 years, their evolving nature makes it imperative to understand them better, as they play a crucial role in the problems that South Asia in general, and India in particular have been facing. In contemporary India, violence against the Dalits, patriarchy and gender subjugation, communitarian apathy and hatred, national jingoism, authoritarian politics and the persecution of minorities have been rooted in the dynamics of caste. This course provides an overview of the presence of castes in Hindi films, and their approach towards the system by focusing on feature films and documentaries. At the same time, it will provide an understanding of how the films also play a role in the dynamics of castes that inform Indian society today. The course combines three segments of studies to structure the lectures: i) a brief history and contemporary understanding of caste; ii) cinema, visual cultures and the question of representation; iii) anti-caste movements and cinematic interventions. In each class selected movie clips will be shown and analyzed to understand how caste is embedded in the Hindi film and media culture. The aim is to provide an in-depth overview of the subject so that it will be helpful for beginner students who might want to study it further, as well as those in advanced stages.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-79414423 gb-tabs__item\" id=\"gb-tab-item-79414423\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-28db6432 gb-headline-text\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">You can see and download the course syllabus below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3120ace5\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-see-the-caste-syllabus-W23.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:813px\" aria-label=\"how-to-see-the-caste-syllabus-W23 g\u00f6m\u00fcs\u00fc.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b7932d7c-367b-4e85-9602-4c1f5a172584\" 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