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Fall 2020 | AMES 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Cinema and Media Cultures in Southeast Asia (34196)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Fraser Hall 102
Mon,
Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
UMN ONLINE-HYB
- Enrollment Status:
Open (6 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- This class will meet entirely online. Options to meet in person will be determined after first class meetings.
- Class Description:
- This course examines the social life and political functions of cinema and media cultures in Southeast Asia in relation to various contexts in which they emerged and circulated. The course attends to the impact of historical processes on film and media culture as well as to how film and media process historical events such as colonialism, militarism, religious conflict, economic turmoil. First, we will start with the early twentieth century where colonialism in the region activates claims around nation and nationalism and we will examine the role modern media plays in these debates by looking at how notions of "national media" produces "others" occupying the margin of such development. Second, we will explore polarized ideological conflicts during the Cold War - the period in which Americanization and anti-American sentiment were expressed in media through genres now considered propaganda. We will also look at films and graphic literature that overtly document and critique violence. Third, we will focus on contemporary Southeast Asia - the financial crisis of 1996 and many forms of authoritarianism that still impact the discussions, understandings and practices of human rights in the region.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34196/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2020
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2020 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classes