Fall 2020  |  ANTH 3242W Section 001: Hero, Savage, or Equal? Representations of NonWestern Peoples in the Movies (16376)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Thu 01:00PM - 04:00PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (10 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Images of nonWestern peoples and cultures as they have appeared in movies and in other popular media.
Class Notes:
This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:
In this class, we will watch whole or excerpts of movies that depict nonWestern peoples from the Pacific, Native America and the Middle East. We will discuss them in terms of a framework that the instructors will introduce from selected readings on mass media and society. The course will be graded on the basis of three essay assignments in which student 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/16376/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2018

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