ENGH 474: Topics in Film/Media Studies

ENGH 474-DL1: Global Cities, Global Media
(Fall 2020)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T

Online

Section Information for Fall 2020

ENGH 474 - DL1: Global Cities, Global Media

Looking at film and TV produced and set in a variety of cities including Mumbai, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, New York, and Rio de Janeiro, this course will address the construction of the city on screen in relation to questions of wealth and poverty, crime and criminality, surveillance and the state of emergency, and gender and sexuality. While the “global city” is linked to a particular city’s central relationship to the generation and circulation of wealth, this course is also interested in the marginal spaces of cities and the cultural production that happens in them and in relation to them. Key topics include the city’s relationship to personal and public memory; the city as futuristic nightmare; neighborhoods, segregation, and sectarianism; the city as a site of subversion and revolution.

Film/TV to be studied includes: Parasite, GomorrahThe Last Black Man in San Francisco, Informer, Sacred Games, Madame Satã, La haine/Hate, Leila, Pose, and more. If you have any questions, please email me: jscarlat@gmu.edu

ENGH 474-DL1 is a distance education course that meets synchronously. Students are expected to be online during the scheduled class meeting time.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

American and foreign films selected by type, period, or director with emphasis varying from year to year. Required viewings, student discussion, and written critiques. Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits with permission of department. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 372 or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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