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AMES 126S: Korean Sociolinguistics
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Examination of Korean language in social and cultural contexts from sociolinguistic and linguistic anthropological points of view. Focus on construction of cultural identities, social order and interpersonal relationships through everyday language use. Honorifics and language ideology, language and gender, regional and social variations, language contact and language policy in contemporary Korea. Sociolinguistics literature introducing conceptual frameworks and empirical research on specifics of language in use and synchronic and diachronic variations. Readings and class conducted in English. PREREQUISITE: Familiarity with Korean or basics of Linguistics. Instructor: Kim
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AMES 127S: The City of Two Continents: Istanbul in Literature and Film
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Presents Istanbul, a city located in both Europe and Asia, as a site of political identities in conflict. Overview of contemporary literature and film set in Istanbul. Studies ethical implications of textual and visual representations of various people and groups interacting in urban spaces. Addresses the reasons for Turkey's love-hate relationship with the Ottoman past and Europe. Historical background, modernity, identity, Islam, and cosmopolitanism. Knowledge of Turkish not required. Instructor: Goknar
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AMES 128: Orhan Pamuk and World Literature
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Studies the novels and non-fiction of Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk as an introduction into ethics and politics of World Literature. Addresses social consequences of Pamuk's role as an intellectual-author who mediates between the national tradition and an international canon. Political implications of Sufism, cultural revolution, Orientalism, and post-colonialism. Secondary focus on cosmopolitan Islam and the Ottoman Empire. No prerequisites; taught in English. Instructor: Göknar
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AMES 131S: Korean Literature in Translation: Local and Global Connections
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Critical examination of variable topics in Korean literature. Texts contextualized in global and local histories. Boundaries of the nation and its narration interrogated. Themes may range from gender and sexuality, diaspora, global/local literary histories, translation, language and power, canonization, and (post)coloniality. Instructor: Kwon
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AMES 132: Representing the Middle East
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Diverse representations of the Middle East by communities inside and outside the region. Travelogues, films, photography, literature, newspapers/media and memoir from the late nineteenth-century Ottoman context to the modern Middle East. Readings on identity, orientalism, violence, gender, and (post) colonialism. Instructors: Goknar and Stein
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AMES 133: Global Chinese Cities through Literature and Film
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Modern Chinese cities in and beyond China, particularly as represented in literature and film. Considers city as object of cultural representation, as well as an engine of cultural production. Examines themes of modernization, alienation, nostalgia, migration, labor, and commoditization, and rethinks the very notion of "Chineseness" within an increasingly globalized world. Featured cities include Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, and New York. Instructor: Rojas
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AMES 134S: Discourse of Disease and Infection
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Modern discourses of disease and infection. The transmutation of medical theory into a metaphorical discourse of social structure and individual identity. Cultural representations of modern epidemics, including AIDS and SARS. Instructor: Rojas
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AMES 135: Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Introduction to Kundalini Yoga and meditation and yogic lifestyle as taught by Yogi Bhajan through practice, lecture, writing and discussion. Overview of the basic philosophy of Sikh Dharma and the development of Sikhism and Kundalini Yoga in the Western Hemisphere. Instructor: Khalsa
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AMES 136: Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Dance and dance-theatre forms in relation to religious beliefs, concepts, and mystic practices within Asian and African cultures. How religion shapes the way the body is perceived, and how spiritual power and energy is symbolically transmitted to the dancer through religious practices. Impact of colonialism and globalization on traditional religious performances. Instructors: Shah and Vinesett
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AMES 137: Contemporary Culture in South Asia
1.00 Credits
Duke University
Integrates literature, film, anthropology, and history to explore themes and questions about modern South Asia and the realities of its peoples. Focus on contemporary academic and socio-cultural debates. Instructor: Staff
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