Fall 2017  |  ANTH 3242W Section 001: Hero, Savage, or Equal? Representations of NonWestern Peoples in the Movies (17439)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Thu 01:00PM - 04:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 435
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Images of nonWestern peoples and cultures as they have appeared in movies and in other popular media.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lipse001+ANTH3242W+Fall2017
Class Description:
In this class, we will watch whole or excerpts of movies that depict nonWestern peoples from the Pacific, Native America and Japan. We will discuss them in terms of a framework that the instructor will introduce from selected readings on mass media and society. The course will be graded on the basis of three essay assignments in which students will be asked to write about the movies and the framework of analysis.
Grading:
100% Reports/Papers
Class Format:
15% Lecture
70% Film/Video
15% Discussion
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15-25 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17439/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 June 2015

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