AP/PERS3801 3.0 A: Middle Eastern Cinema Gender Rep.
Offered by: PERS
Session
Summer 2020
Term
S1
Format
LECT
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
Explores the representation of femininity, masculinity, gender conventions, misconceptions and relations in modern Middle Eastern cinemas. Students study the confluence of film and culture in selected Middle Eastern countries. Cinematic works are examined in their multicultural, multi-ethnic and cross-national contexts. The course concentrates on the aesthetic representation of contemporary issues such as nationalist movements, women's movements, decolonization and neo-colonization, foreign occupation, war and revolutions that have affected gender roles and sexual attitudes in the region.
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