CHNSE-237 Native-Soil in Chinese-Language Cinemas
This course studies Chinese-language films and explores how "home" and "native-soil" are envisioned in the age of globalization. While examining films from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia, students learn about socio-economic contexts in different Sinophone regions. We scrutinize the way the intersection between global capitalism and local mainstream cultures produces deviant imageries of "home" and "native-soil" from the perspective of the disenfranchised. All lectures and discussions in English. Requirements: presentations, class discussions, film viewings and a final paper.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Offered
Fall