History 491E - S-Women in South Asia

This course explores the histories of women in South Asia from 1800 to the present. Using a combined thematic and chronological approach we will examine the following: the gendered social and economic policies of the British colonial state, women and social reform movements; debates about women's education, women and identity politics, and the gendered language of anti-colonial nationalism(s). Throughout the course, we will analyze the development of a heterogeneous women's movement in colonial and post-colonial South Asia.

Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only.