What writers would you highlight to commemorate Women’s History Month? Comment below! March is Women’s History Month and an appropriate time to highlight some of the women’s voices that represent world literature. After all, American Hillary Clinton, who is an author of five books, is running for the U.S. presidency, Nigerian Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who […]
Tag: South Asia
“Sari, Not Sorry”: Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation
The author acknowledges that the pun-intended title originates with Tanya Rawal’s “Saree, Not Sorry.” Cultural appropriation was in the headlines (again) late this January when Coldplay and Beyoncé released a divisive music video, “Hymn for the Weekend”. The video was set in stereotypical, exotic India complete with peacocks, temples, yogis, Hindu gods, poverty, saris, glittering […]
Buying Trips from Urbana to Bangladesh
Ever wonder how the shelves and stacks get populated with just the materials you need for your research? Here’s a look into a buying trip recently made by our very own South Asian Studies Librarian, Mara Thacker. She was one of the fist to participate in the University Library’s pilot program designed to allow librarians […]
Chai Wai Series: Gender-Based Violence in the Global South—South Asia and Beyond
by Katrina Spencer November 12, 2014 The Chai Wai Series Tackles Gender-Based Violence Is there a difference between the laws that protect a woman who is raped in a dark alleyway by a stranger and a woman who is raped in her marital bed by her husband? Does the selective termination of pregnancies based on […]
Coming Soon: South Asia Comic Collection
I recently sat down with Mara Thacker, the Library’s South Asian Studies Librarian, to talk with her about one of the Library’s newest collections, the South Asia Comic Collection. The South Asia comics are “part of an initiative to develop a national specialized research resource for students, instructors, and scholars interested in these materials… [It] […]