SAST 052 - Indians Overseas:A Global View

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Gambhir, S. This course is about the history of Indian immigration into different parts of the world. The course will consist of readings, discussions, observations, data collection and analysis. The topics will include cultural preservation and cultural change through generations of East Indian immigrats, especially in North America, the Caribbean area, the United Kingdom, the African continent, and some other countries in the Pacific Ocean. The course will encourage organized thinking, observations and analysis of components of the culture that immigrantcommunities are able to preserve and cultural components that either change or get reinterpreted. In this context, we will look at entities such as religion, food, language, and family. The course will discuss immigrants' success stories, sad stories, their contributions, their relationship with other groups in the host society and the nature and extent of their links with their homeland. The course will include discussion about victimization of and discrimination against immigrants in their new homelands. Other issues will include social and cultural needs of immigrants giving rise to new community organizations such astemples, NGOs and other cultural centers. The course will benefit from the study of other immigrant communities for a comparative view.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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