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Join Professor Rahul Sarwate in Public Culture in Modern India, a course that examines how diverse publics, formed around language, caste, consumption, and political ideas, shaped India’s modernity between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. Traversing regions from Bengal and Maharashtra to Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and beyond, the course explores how debates across vernacular print cultures defined what India is and what its modernity means, while also engaging with counterpublics such as Dalit, non-Brahmin, and Muslim spheres that challenged mainstream narratives. Ideal for students interested in cultural history, this course offers a multidimensional lens to understand India through its many voices, regions, and perspectives.
Join Professor Rahul Sarwate in Public Culture in Modern India, a course that examines how diverse publics, formed around language, caste, consumption, and political ideas, shaped India’s modernity between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. Traversing regions from Bengal and Maharashtra to Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and beyond, the course explores how debates across vernacular print cultures defined what India is and what its modernity means, while also engaging with counterpublics such as Dalit, non-Brahmin, and Muslim spheres that challenged mainstream narratives. Ideal for students interested in cultural history, this course offers a multidimensional lens to understand India through its many voices, regions, and perspectives.
