JUST 300SS - Resistance&punishment in Film

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Justice Studies

Description:

Through a critical analysis of key films featuring the plight of citizens against totalitarian and authoritative states, this course will explore the representation of armed and political resistance and the subsequent punishment of such actions through state violence in contemporary world cinema. Of special interest will be the portrayal of revolutionaries and activists, political prisoners, state actors, and the citizenry in general in order to discuss how these films might privilege certain ideologies and courses of action while criticizing others; how these conflicts are portrayed as extending beyond national borders through geopolitics and the intervention of developed nations within the developing world; and how race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and other markers of identity are represented within these works. Films may include profanity, violence, and/or sexually explicit images.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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