The Globalization of Separation: Urdu poetry among artisan and expatriate South Asians
“The Globalization of Separation: Urdu poetry among artisan and expatriate South Asians” will be presented by Christopher Lee, Ph.D., of the Department of Religious Studies and Theology, at the next College of Arts & Sciences Colloquium. Please join us in an informal setting on Wednesday, February 13at 3:30 p.m. in the Student Center Regis South.
This paper is an examination of two different manifestations of contemporary South Asian poetry performances as cultural events that both reflect and help construct important aspects of cultural and religious identity for working-class weavers in Banaras, India, and white-collar expatriate South Asians in “the Gulf” – that is to say, the Gulf Coast states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In particular, this paper considers how globalization has moved the large scale poetry event called the mushaira, and how the mushaira, and the Urdu poetry performed in it, moves people – literally and metaphorically.
This event welcomes all faculty and staff. Light refreshments will be provided.
Submitted by: Veronica Serwacki, executive associate to the dean, College of Arts & Sciences
