AFST 40778 - Society and Culture through Films

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Africana Studies

Description:

This course will deal with a variety of social issues as they are perceived, conceptualized, represented, and understood by the movies. The focus of this course will not be on the cinema history, cinema structure, or movie-making processes, but on how important human problems such as cultural diversity, race relations, the crafting of national identity and national heroes, urban life, class conflict, family structure, war, and some ideological values such as success, love happiness, fairness, misfortune, destiny, honesty, faith, and the like are depicted and treated by the movies.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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