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Cinema and the Critique of Capitalism

English College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ENGH

Course Number

326

Status

Active

Course Attributes

DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, GLC: GenEd-Global Challenges, MECW: Major-English:CreativeWriting, MENL: Major-English:Literature, MEWC: Major-English:Writing/Comms, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, ENLW: Minor-Law/Jus/Society Elective, NFIL: Minor-Film, NLAW: Minor-Law

Course Short Title

Cinema Capitalism

Course Long Title

Cinema and the Critique of Capitalism

Course Description

Introduces a range of international films from the 20th and 21st centuries that highlight the intersections between cinema and capitalism. Students have the opportunity to analyze prominent cinematic works—from Modern Times to Parasite— in conjunction with the writings of Marx, Marxists (from Angela Davis to David Harvey), and scholars of “racial capitalism” (from Stuart Hall to Robin D.G. Kelly). Exposes students, through lecture and discussion, to the skills needed to approach film through the lens of critical theory, and to think—through film—about global capitalism and its effects on economic, racial, and gender hierarchies.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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