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Dec 04, 2024
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2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AMS 245 - Shaping American Identities in Moving Images4 credits (Fall) This course explores representations of American identities and the binaries generated by these explorations including here/there, foreign/local, abroad/ home, American/Other. Films and readings will highlight the theme of amalgamation as an alchemic process (the melting pot) shaping Americanness and its association with characteristics such as respectability, recognition and respect.
Prerequisite: one 100-level Humanities or Social Studies course. Note: Plus-2 option available.
Foreign language option available in any language for +2 only. Instructor: Gibel Mevorach
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