FA 276 Gender, Race, and Class in U.S. Cinema
This cinema course is focused on the exploration of representations of gender, race, and class in U.S. Cinema. The course explores the impact of Classical Hollywood Style— the predominate form of storytelling in U.S. Cinema during much of the 20th Century—as it relates to both the creation of cinematic texts and the presentation of race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class. Students will be introduced to a cinematic language, the history of cinematic representation, and theoretical discussions of meaning-making, reception, production, and distribution of cinematic texts. Culminating projects will involve the application of cinematic theory in an analysis of the construction of race, gender, sexuality, and class in particular cinematic texts. Weekly campus screenings are required, and clips of films are used in class for close analysis and are an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite
Recommended: placement into WR 115 or higher