Suggested prompts

1. Would you call the Kamasutra a feminist text? If yes, why– and if not, give your reasons.

2. How is censorship both a repressive and generative phenomenon? With reference to Foucault, Bourdieu, Mazzarella and Kaur, and/ or any Bollywood film/song of your choice discuss some of the internal contradictions of ‘censorship’.

What Is Censorship? Who Suffers?

In the second week, we will aim to articulate a working definition of censorship, both theoretically as well as legally. By analyzing two theoretical pieces and two short legal analyses, we will examine those who suffer at the hands of censorship.