America on Film: Race Class & Gender ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

Students in this course will screen a series of films that reflect issues of American identity, culture and the cultural politics of representation. Subjects under discussion will include race, class, gender, sexuality, changing definitions of American citizenship, sacred cultural myths, cultural politics, historical memory and the mythologizing of the American political process. Films representing a wide range of genres, styles, points of view and moments in cinema history will be screened and discussed.