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F/TV 3A
American Cultures in Film

Course Description

This course analyzes the representation of various American cultures in film with a focus on media produced by and/or about at least three of the following groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, indigenous peoples of the United States, Chicanos/Latinos/Latinx, and/or European Americans. Applying core concepts of cinematic language and media theory, the course will examine how mainstream and independent cinema construct depictions of American cultures with an emphasis on stereotyping, otherness, and marginalization. These filmic representations of difference will be placed within historical and global contexts.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical and analytical issues relevant to understanding representations of American cultural groups as represented in the cinematic arts.
  • Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze and compare representations of American cultures in selected films and related media with emphasis on stereotyping, otherness, and marginalization.
  • Identify and analyze the cinematic language ie: narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound that shapes perceptions, assumptions, beliefs, and knowledge concerning American cultural groups and explain how these elements have affected or reflected the treatment of these groups by the larger American society.
  • Demonstrate the ability to analyze film as a technology, business, cultural production/cultural artifact, and art form and their impact on the representation of American cultures.

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Course Details

Units
4 Units
Hours
  • Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
  • Weekly Lab Hours: 0
Gen Ed
General Education Class
Program Status
Program Applicable
Credit
Credit - Degree Applicable
Transferability
Transferable to both UC and CSU
Grading Method
Letter Grading

Requisite and Advisory

Advisory(ies)
EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)

Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills

Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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