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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A look at the history of the religious life of the United States within Hamilton College's geographic region. From the Onondaga traditions through 19th-century Utopian communities, to present day religious practices of immigrants from Italy, Bosnia, Thailand and elsewhere, this course relies on several site visits to the buildings and lands that various communities have considered sacred. (Same as Religious Studies 327.) Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores critical approaches to media through the intersection of gender and the technological imaginary. We will study how the production, use, and circulation of digital media affect notions of representation, identity, the body, and consciousness. Students will engage in close visual and textual analysis of the ways writers, artists, and theorists have conceived these issues. (Same as Cinema and New Media Studies 350.) Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the folk revivals that marked 20th-century U.S. cultural life. Topics include African and Native-American origins; 19th-century minstrelsy; Stephen Foster; the Appalachian ballad collections of Cecil Sharp; the legacy of the Lomax and Seeger families; bluegrass and hillbilly music; Woody Guthrie and union songs; the freedom songs of the Civil Rights Movement; the Washington Square scene in Greenwich Village; Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Grounded in the study of music and its circulation, the course will also examine the impact of these revivals on dance, film, literature, and politics. Prerequisite, two courses in English, history or music (in any combination), or consent of instructor. (Same as Music 420.) Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
What makes new media "new"? How do new media compare with, transform, or incorporate earlier media? This course examines the production, circulation, and reception of visual and sonic media, with emphasis on how consumers and artists shape the uses and values of media. We will cover key issues raised by new media through close study of critical essays and creative texts. Examples of old and new media include the phonograph, radio, film, turntable, social networks, fantasy sports and gaming, podcast, MP3, AutoTune, hypertext literature, and digital poetry. Open to 1st years and sophomores only. (Same as Cinema and New Media Studies 125.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Alessandro Porco.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary introduction to culture and society in the United States, from the colonial era through the 21st century, as revealed in literary, cinematic and historical texts. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, a 100-level course in American Studies, English or History. Not open to seniors. Maximum enrollment, 20. Nieves.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of music in American film from silent films to the present with an emphasis on the golden age of Hollywood. Topics include the development of musical conventions in film, different approaches of film composers (Steiner, Tiomkin, Rózsa, Herrmann, Newman, Bernstein, Williams), and the meanings that music brings to the films' narratives. Includes films such as Casablanca, Citizen Kane, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, A Streetcar Named Desire, West Side Story, Bonnie and Clyde, American Graffiti, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Hours. Special attention to films of Hitchcock. Prerequisite, two courses, in any combination, in music, film, or literature. Three hours per week for film viewings in addition to class time. (Same as Music 245.) Hamessley.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the impact of mass media on American society in order to more clearly understand the problems of living in a world dominated by media technology. Examines relationships between various components of the media process, focusing on how media alters our understanding of politics, persons and communities. Prerequisite, one course in communication, government or sociology. (Same as Communication 310.) Phelan.
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3.00 Credits
The writing of the men and women inside the American prison system constitutes a kind of shadow canon to that of better-known literary artists. We will read broadly in 20th-century American prison writing, asking questions about the generic coherence, social and moral import, and historicity of prisoners' non-fiction, fiction and poetry. Authors will include Eldridge Cleaver, George Jackson, Assata Shakur, and Japanese and Chinese internees. Students will visit a writing class taught inside Attica Correctional Facility (post-1900). Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature. Open to juniors and seniors only. Does not fulfill the senior seminar requirement for the English concentration. (Same as English and Creative Writing 342.) Maximum enrollment, 12. Larson.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the graphic narrative as a hybrid literary medium particularly conducive to memoir and social commentary. Readings in the history of comics and in theories of life writing will accompany close analysis of texts by artist/authors such as Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Daniel Clowes, Harvey Pekar, Joe Sacco, Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware. Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature, American studies, art, art history or history. (Same as English and Creative Writing 380.) Kodat.
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3.00 Credits
Independent study required for honors candidates, culminating in a thesis. Registration only by express approval of the program director. The Program.
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