Race, Ethnicity, and Media

CA/CLS 347

This seminar is designed to provide students with critical tools and an understanding of the main topics of concern and debate in the study of race and ethnicity in U.S. film, entertainment television, and popular culture. Through readings, discussions, structured debates, screenings, and writing assignments, we will explore changing images of race and ethnicity in the entertainment media and many topics of concern to scholars focusing on race, ethnicity, and mediated representation. While a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches will be reviewed, critical and cultural studies approaches to film and television criticism will be emphasized.