Syllabus (HISTORY)

Course Type: SEC-1

Semester: 1

Course Code: BHISSEC01T

Course Title: Understanding Culture and Heritage

(L-P-Tu): 3-0-0

Credit: 3

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: X

Learning Outcome: X

Skill Enhancement Courses (ONE)

Understanding Culture and Heritage

UNIT –I: Defining Heritage: Meaning of 'antiquity", 'archaeological site', 'tangible heritage', 'Intangible heritage' and 'art treasure'

UNIT- II: Evolution of Heritage Legislation and the Institutional, Framework: Conventions and Acts-national and international Heritage-related government departments, museums, regulatory bodies etc.

UNIT- III: Cultural heritage of Purulia: Adivasi Dance & Song- Chhou, Nachani Nach, Majhi Nach, Jhumur, bhadu etc., Archaeological sites: Gorh Panchakot, Telkupi, pakbira, deulghata, anai, Chharra, Para, Budhpur, Banda Temple etc.

UNIT –IV: Role of popular media as an interpreter of culture in the preservation of History and heritage in general. Popular Culture: Folk art and culture, fairs, festivals and rituals, theatre photography, cinema, television, music and dance.

UNIT –V: History of Attires- Male, Female, changing gender roles and perspectives in shaping the historical gaze in nineteenth and 20th century

Suggested Readings:

1. A.K Jain, Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Discovery Publication
2. Alok Rai, Hindi Nationalism. Delhi: Orient Longman, 2001
3. Asit Basu, Dr. Pradip Kumar Mandal, Manbhum Purulia Parichay, Byanjanbarna
4. Bernard Cohn, Anthropologist among Historians and Other Essays, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998
5. Bharati Roy, Women of India: Colonial and Post- Colonial Periods, Sage
6. Bibekananda Basu, The Chhaw Dance of Purulia, Notion Press
7. Biswamoy Pati, (Ed.). Adivasis in Colonial India: Survival, Resistance and Negotiation. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan. 2011
8. Brahma Prakash, Cultural Labour : Conceptualizing the ‘Folk Performance’ in India, Oxford University Press
9. D.D Koshambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, Sage Publication
10. Debaprasad Jana (Ed.), Ahalyabhumi Purulia, Deep Prakashan
11. Devika Cariapa, India Through Archeology: Excavating History, Tulika Publishers
12. Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Archaeology in the Third World: A History of Indian Archaeology Since 1947. Delhi: D. K. Printworld Ltd., 2003
13. Dilip Kumar Chakrabarati, India- An Archaeological History: Paleolithic Beginnings to Early History Foundation, Oxford University Press
14. Geraldine Forbes, Women in Modern India, Cambridge University Press
15. Grin Verlag, The Journey of Purulia Chau Dance. From Vague to Vogue,
16. Haridas Bhattacharya, The Cultural Heritage of India, Ramkrishna Mission Inst of Culture
17. J.N. Banerjea, The Development of Hindu Iconography. New Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal, 1975
18. James Fergusson, Archaeology in India, R Publications
19. John Storey, Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996
20. K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake (ed.), Popular Culture in a Globalized India, Routledge
21. Madhukar Shripad Mate, Archaeology of Medieval India, BR Publishing Corporation
22. Nain Mehta (ed.), Television in India: Satellite, Politics and Cultural Change, Routledge.
23. P.P. Dhar, (Ed). Indian Art History: Changing Perspectives. New Delhi: DK. 2011
24. Partha Mitter, Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922; Occidental Orientations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994
25. Phyllis M. Messenger, Susan J. Bender, History and Approaches to Heritage Studies, University Press of Florida
26. R. C. Majumdar, (Ed.) History and Culture of the Indian People. Bombay: Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, (Publication date not found).
27. Rameswari Pandya, Women in Changing India, Serials Publication
28. Roma Chatterji, Writing Identities: Folklore and Performance Arts of Purulia, Bengal, Aryan Books International
29. Roma Chatterji, Writing Identities: Folklore and Performative Arts of Purulia, Bengal, Aryan Books.
30. Ruchi Pritam, Journey through India’s Heritage, ICT Academy Publication
31. Rupendra Kumar Chottopadhyay, The Archaeology of Coastal Bengal, Oxford University Press, India.
32. Sailendra Nath Sen, A Textbook of Indian History and Culture, Primus Book
33. Sanjukta Dasgupta, Media, Gender and Popular Culture in India: Tracking Change and Continuity, Sage India
34. Sumit Sarkar, Tanika Sarkar, Women and Social Reform in Modern India – Vol 1 & Vol 2, Permanent Black
35. Thapar, Romila. Indian Cultures as Heritage: Contemporary Pasts. New Delhi: Aleph Book Company, 2018
36. Upinder Singh, The Discovery of Ancient India: Early Archaeologists and the Beginnings of Archaeology. Delhi: Permanent Black, 2005
37. V.K Jain,Prehistory and Protohistory of India: An Appraisal Paleolithic, Non -Harappan, Chalcolithic cultures, D.K. Print World Limited
38. Yatin Pandya, Concepts of Space in Traditional Indian Architecture. Ahmedabad: Granth Corporation, 2005