Course Detail
Units:
4.0
Course Components:
Seminar
Enrollment Information
Requirement Designation:
Diversity
Description
An introduction to issues of diversity in American movies, 2240 takes a comprehensive view of the industrial, sociological, and aesthetic factors that have shaped and continue to shape filmic representations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and physical ability. By examining the cinematic history of various cultural groups, the class will demonstrate how diversity functions as an element in the films Hollywood produces and the public consumes.