Race on Film

Catalog description

This course will provide students with analytic tools for approaching the topic of race on film from a variety of angles. These include issues of visibility, stereotyping, and whether a given film challenges conventions and adds to a larger cultural repertoire for representing race. In addition, it will examine the extent to which stories presumably told from a universal perspective in fact articulate the views of a majority culture, as well as how the facets of our own identities filter what we see on film. Students will hone writing skills and critical thinking, while participating in collegial discussions of a perennially controversial subject. 001804