Very cool new collaboration happening in France between Odissi dancer Arushi Mudgal and French percussionist Roland Auzet. Details here.
India's recognition of a third gender is monumental and a big step for human rights. However, this ruling is very interesting, given that the Supreme Court outlawed gay sex just last December. "Legal experts say Tuesday's judgement puts transgender people in a strange situation: on the one hand, they are now legally recognised and protected under the Constitution, but on the other hand they may be breaking the law if they have consensual gay sex." Click here to read this interesting article on the ruling! Links to information:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27031180 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/15/india-court-gender-treansgender/7727841/ http://time.com/63801/men-women-and-hijras-india-recognizes-third-gender/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/15/world/asia/india-gender-rights-ruling/ - Nitya I came across this really interesting post on the BBC today - click HERE to access it. Make sure to watch the video attached to the story.
This new English course, offered in Fall 2014 and taught by Xueping Zhong and Modhumita Roy, captures the explicit and underlying content of Indian and Chinese cinema in the modern era. The course will examine, through a multifaceted lens, themes that relate to stresses created by colonial heritages in both countries, nationalist sentiments and revolution, as well as the advent of globalization. The socio-cultural role of cinema as an instrument of social transformation and mobilization is a primary topic of the course. Discussions will also be based around societal issues associated with class, gender and the exploration of erotic yearnings in the cinematic traditions of India and China. This course is taught in English, has no prerequisites, and is open to all majors. It qualifies as a post-1860 requirement for the English major and can count towards the ILVS and Chinese majors.
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