This course investigates contemporary South Asian literature in order to think through the domestic and international politics of migration, violence, sovereignty, and gendered agency. In addition to the literature, we will engage with films and appropriate theoretical essays that draw on postcolonial, queer, and feminist theories and cultural studies. Class is structured around student participation and discussion.

4 required books:

the inheritance of loss
k. desai

can you hear the nightbird call?
a. rau badami

and the world changed
m. shamsie, ed.

cast me out if you will
l. antherjanam