ENGH 374: Screening the Global City

ENGH 374-001: Screening the Global City
(Fall 2023)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W

Thompson Hall 2021

Section Information for Fall 2023

ENGH 374 - 001: Screening the Global City

This course addresses the image of the global city on screen in relation to questions of power, space, history, motion, and emotion. While the “global city” occupies a central position in the generation and global circulation of wealth, this course is also interested in the marginal spaces of such cities and the visual culture produced in them and in relation to them. Key topics include the city’s relationship to personal and public memory; the city as utopia; the city as a site of subversion and revolution; the city and connection/isolation; the city as a site of horror and monstrosity. Screenings include Chungking Express, GirlhoodParasite, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Search Party, Pose, and more. No prerequisite. Satisfies Mason Core Arts and Mason Core Global Understanding. 

 

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Familiarizes students with an essential subfield of film and media studies—the relationship of urban space to screen cultures. Addresses the construction of the global city on screen in relation to questions of wealth and poverty; crime and criminality; surveillance, occupation, and the state of emergency; gender and sexuality; space, place, and shooting on location; among other things. Explores the central role the “global city” plays in the generation and global circulation of wealth while also attending to the marginal spaces of such cities. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Arts
Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 372 Introduction to Film
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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