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College Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Anthropology |
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ANTH 394 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 405 - Ethnomusicology Cross-Listed as MUSI 405
This course introduces students to the field of ethnomusicology through its philosophical foundation, theoretical models, and disciplinary practices. Topics include comparative approach, structuralist/functionalist models, cultural relativism, organology, bi-musicality, reflexivity, post/modernism, among other recent research directions. Assignments are designed to develop skills in musical fieldwork, transcription and analysis, as well as preparing and presenting scholarly findings in ethnographic disciplines. This course is aimed primarily for students of music and/or anthropology. There is no prerequisite, hower basic knowledge or experience in world music and performance is desirable. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 487 - Theory in Anthropology
This course introduces students to the broad range of explanations for social and cultural phenomena used by anthropologists since the emergence of the discipline in the 19th century. The course focuses on the development of three broad theoretical approaches: The American school of cultural anthropology, British social anthropology, and the French school that emerged from the work of Durkheim and his followers. The course also examines theoretical approaches such as cultural materialism, and symbolic and interpretive approaches to the study of culture. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing. Students should have at least two courses in anthropology including or ANTH 111 , or the permission of the instructor. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 490 - Senior Seminar
The senior seminar is for anthropology majors who are working on their senior capstone project and is designed to help students develop that project for presentation. The seminar will also include reading of anthropological works, guest speakers and discussion of current controversies in the discipline. Prerequisite(s): or ANTH 101 , and either ANTH 387 or ANTH 487 . Every year; Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 494 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 601 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ANTH 602 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ANTH 603 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ANTH 604 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 611 - Independent Project
Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ANTH 612 - Independent Project
Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ANTH 613 - Independent Project
Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ANTH 614 - Independent Project
Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 621 - Internship
Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an ethnographic paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ANTH 622 - Internship
Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an ethnographic paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ANTH 623 - Internship
Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an ethnographic paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ANTH 624 - Internship
Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an anthropological paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 631 - Preceptorship
Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ANTH 632 - Preceptorship
Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ANTH 633 - Preceptorship
Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ANTH 634 - Preceptorship
Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ANTH 641 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ANTH 642 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ANTH 643 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ANTH 644 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 130 - Drawing I
This studio course is an introduction to fundamental drawing materials and techniques. Students explore a variety of themes and subjects, including still life, architecture, figure drawing, portraiture, and imagination. Formal elements covered include: line, value, volume, space, proportion, perspective, mark-making, and composition. Context for assignments is given through frequent discussion of both historical and contemporary artworks. In group critiques and discussions, we consider composition, representational accuracy, creative expression, content, and intention. Two three-hour periods per week. (4 credits) Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 149 - Introduction to Visual Culture
This course examines material and symbolic practices through myriad visual culture forms, from standards of fine art such as painting and sculpture to mass media including TV, film, advertising, and the Internet. Students will learn different theoretical paradigms and techniques for visual analysis in order to understand how visual culture mediates numerous social, economic, cultural and political relationships. We will investigate these diverse practices through lectures, guest speakers, film, historical art and media and, of course, those proliferating images that define our daily experiences. Offered every Fall. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 160 - Art of the West I Cross-Listed as CLAS 260
This course surveys the visual and material culture of Europe, the Middle East and the broader Mediterranean world from prehistory through the late Medieval period, including early Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures. We consider the artistic and archaeological remains from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, Greece, Etruria, Rome, and western Europe from a contextual perspective in order to understand each culture’s ideologies, and the diverse social and artistic purposes for which art and architecture was created and used.
Every fall. (4 Credits)
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ART 161 - Art of the West II
This course surveys artists and art movements that are generally perceived to be crucial in the development of Western art from the 14th through the 20th century. The course introduces students to art periods such as Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and a wide spectrum of modernist art movements, including Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. The course examines visual culture of this broad period of Western art within political, socio-historical and philosophical context in which it was produced. (4 credits). Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 170 - Art of the East I: China Cross-Listed as ASIA 170
This course introduces the art and visual culture of China from the Neolithic era to the twenty-first century. Lectures and readings will teach methods of formal visual analysis as well as provide the opportunity for students to think critically about how scholars write the artistic history of the region. Through this class, students will engage with a broad array of media, from jade carvings, Buddhist cave painting, architecture, calligraphy and monumental landscape paintings to ceramics, modern graphic media, and contemporary installations. While examining the specific cultural, social, economic, and political functions of these spaces, images and objects, we will interrogate the multifaceted ways that shifting concepts of hybridity, ethnicity, authority, religion, militarism and politics have informed visual production. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 171 - Art of the East II: Japan Cross-Listed as ASIA 171
This course examines the art, architecture, and visual culture of Japan, spanning a broad temporal frame from the ancient Neolithic era to our own contemporary moment. We will discuss a diverse array of art and architecture from ancient Jomon pottery, Shinto shrines, and print media to Buddhist sculpture, painting practices during World War II, anime (cartoons) and manga (comics). In addition to learning methods of formal visual analysis, students will gain insight into how these works articulated complex artistic, social, economic, political, and religious trends. Through this course, students will develop skills to reflect critically on the production of narratives of Japanese culture, while considering concepts such as tradition, hybridity, value, authority, authenticity, sexuality, commodity flows, nationalism, and militarism. This is a stand-alone course which does not require ART 170 - Art of the East I: China as a prerequisite. Every spring (4 Credits)
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ART 194 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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ART 233 - Photography I
This course introduces the conceptual, technical, and historical aspects of photography within a fine-arts context. The emphasis throughout is on photography as a creative and narrative medium and will introduce strategies and methods related to this goal through assignments and class activities. Students will learn the foundational aspects of digital photography from manual camera operation to the editing of images through Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Along the way, students will be introduced to digital workflow, color managment, and how to take their images from screen to print. Historical presentations and assigned readings will help students develop the critical skills needed to understand how photographs function in society and culture. $75 materials fee charged for course. Note: A digital SLR camera is required for this course. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 236 - Printmaking I
A hands-on introduction to original printmaking in the media of relief, etching, lithography and handset type. Included are discussions of aesthetics, the impact of printed imagery on our society, printmaking practices from around the world and field trips to local exhibits and museum collections. Emphasis is on individual expression and appropriate techniques for the content. Two three-hour periods per week. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 239 - 2-D Design
In this class we explore the fundamentals of two-dimensional design through a series of hands-on and digital projects. Topics such as process, pattern, iconography, collage and typeface are explored through both fine-art and commercial design projects. Demonstrations, field trips, and artist talks are included in addition to lab time and class discussions. Software explored includes Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Three two-hour periods per week. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 252 - Gender, Sexualities, and Feminist Visual Culture Cross-Listed as WGSS 252
This course examines the ways in which gender and sexuality are understood in modern visual culture. It also covers a wide range of feminist approaches in the 20th and 21st century art and as they have been articulated in theory. Students explore social constructions of gender and sexualities, their visible and invisible representation, and discuss the impact of feminism and the changing role of women in society. The course will also cover some of the most recent global feminist trends and new directions in the feminist theory. Feminist work from Africa, India, Asia and Eastern and Central Europe and various marginalized cultural centers in Western Europe and the United States will be addressed. Offered every two years. (4 Credits)
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ART 263 - Modern Art
This course explores major developments in European and American art from the 1900s to the 1980s, including Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, Dad, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, and postmodern art trends. It will examine the key figures and works of Modernist period and the critique of Modernism formulated by its contemporaries and the postmodern discourse. Throughout the semester we will trace the unfolding of different avant-garde practices, both in the early decades of the twentieth century and in the post-World War II period, and analyze them in the context ofpolitics and historical catastrophes of World War I and World War II, and with regard to ever increasing powers of capitalism and mass culture. Theoretical models used by critics and art historians to study artistic production of the twentieth century art will be incorporated in the course. 4 credits Fall semester every other year. (4 Credits)
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ART 270 - Making Sacred: Religious Images and Spaces in Asia
This course contemplates the definition of Sacred Art and Sacred Space by focusing on religious visual culture in Asia and examining how intangible concepts of the divine have become tangible in art and architecture. To better understand the multilayered functioning of devotional objects and spaces associated with religious doctrines such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shintoism, the class will explore foundations in iconography and then compare different religious objects and spaces through concepts such as gender, state power, the body, nature, ritual, the grotesque, and death. To account for the shifting meaning of religious icons over time, the class also reflects on how the significance of religious objects changes in the space of a museum. Ultimately, this course allows us to contemplate the multifaceted ways religious beliefs have been visualized and how these manifestations exemplify systems of cultural exchange in Asia. (4 Credits)
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ART 271 - Japan and the (Inter)National Modern Cross-Listed as ASIA 271
This course introduces students to the art and visual culture of Japan from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, a period of Japanese history marked by dramatic cultural, political, and social change. The class focuses primarily on the visual arts from the 1850s to 1945, a time when modernism and modernity were seen (by some) as empowering and (by others) as a threat to foundations of national identity; we will also consider artistic practices in the postwar era to understand the “crisis of the modern” that developed in the first decades after the war as artists struggled to find their individual and national voices. Drawing on a diverse array of artistic forms and visual media, including painting, prints, sculpture, architecture, anime (Japanese cartoons), film, photography, advertising design, and manga (Japanese comics), we explore themes such as trauma, nationalism, imperialism, fascism, protest, hybridity, fantasy, embodiment, and performativity. Students will be asked to consider critically how these works operated as a part of international flows in art, design, and consumerism as well as how they contributed to evolving modern identities in Japan. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
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ART 272 - Embodiment and Subjectivity in Later Chinese Art Cross-Listed as ASIA 272
This class explores the relationship between material practices and shifting subjectivities from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) to the present day. While considering the dynamic development of modern subjectivities, evolving cultural connoisseurship, ethnic tensions, new definitions of citizenry, and counter-movements led by cynical agitators, this class draws on theories of embodiment by theorists such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Paul Crowther to delve into the rich resonance between representation and identity formation in China over the last 400 years. Students will learn to look closely at and write critically about a variety of media including paintings, calligraphy, prints, films, posters, performance art, and installations but will also relate this historical cultural production to contemporaneous artistic, social, and political discourses. In the process, we will complicate notions of “Chinese” art and “Chinese” identity in Asia and on the global stage. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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ART 280 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
This course explores the making and function of art and architecture in ancient Egypt along with its socio-economic and political context from pre-dynastic times (ca. 5300 - 3000 BCE) to the Roman era (30 BCE - 391 CE). The lectures and class discussions will focus on concepts of design, representation and aesthetics in Egypt, and explore the uses of art objects and monuments in politics, religion, private and state cults, and burial practices. Addressing topics such as pharaonic ideology, imperialism, gender, and afterlife, this course will help students comprehend the fundamental place of art and visual culture in the creation and sustenance of one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Alternate fall semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 281 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Near East
This course explores the art and architecture of the Ancient Near East from the earliest agricultural societies in the 10th millennium BCE to the arrival of Islam in the 7th century CE. Within this historical framework the lectures and class discussions will focus on culturally specific concepts of design, representation and aesthetics in ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia and Syro-Palestine, and explore their uses in politics, imperialism, burial practices, private rituals and state cults. The lectures will explore topics such as the development of narrative representation, monumental public art, portraiture, small-scale glyptic arts and the design, and production of personal ornaments such as jewelry. Alternate spring semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 282 - Art and Architecture of the Islamic World
This course will explore the art and architecture of the Islamic world from the time of the Prophet Mohammed to the 18th century. The lectures and class discussions will focus on culturally specific concepts of design and aesthetics in the vast geography from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Subcontinent, and analyze a variety of genres including architecture, glass, wood and metal working, painting, calligraphy and ceramics in their political and socio-economic contexts. Within these chronological, geographical and typological frameworks, this course will focus on special themes such as patronage, art and politics, figural representation, religious vs. secular art, and the impact of pre-Islamic Near Eastern heritage and Christianity on the development of Islamic forms and styles. (4 Credits)
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ART 283 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome Cross-Listed as CLAS 283
This course will survey the art and architecture of ancient Greek and Roman worlds from the Bronze Age (ca. 3000 - 1200 BCE) to Late Antiquity (ca. 5th century CE). The class discussions will focus on concepts of design, representation and aesthetics in Greco-Roman art and architecture, and explore the uses of art objects and monuments in daily life, politics, imperialism, religion, burial practices, private rituals and state cults. The course will examine the developments in artistic forms and practices in their social, economic and historical context, taking into consideration the interaction between Greece and Rome, and the influences from contemporary societies such as the Near East and Egypt. Alternate spring semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 284 - Art and Architecture of Byzantium and Medieval Europe
This course will explore the art and architecture of the medieval Christian world from the time of Constantine the Great (306-337 CE) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The lectures and class discussions will focus on the role of images and relics in Christianity as well as the developments in sacred and secular architecture across Europe and the Byzantine empire. Special emphasis will be given to certain trends such as the foundation of monasteries, pilgrimage, icon and relic worship, and the emergence of Romanesque and Gothic styles in architecture, which changed the urban and rural topography of the continent. Alternate spring semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 285 - Making of Imperial Cities: Babylon, Rome, and Constantinople
From the ancient world to the early modern era, Babylon, Rome and Constantinople served as the centers of great empires, and thus controlled vast demographic, material, intellectual and artistic resources. This course will explore the formation and transformation of these metropolises through centuries. What kind of social, political and economic conditions stimulated their rise? In what ways did their urban layout change through time? What forms of art and architecture defined them as imperial centers? Keeping these main questions in mind, this course will explore the impact of politics, religion and other historically and culturally specific conditions on the formation of the three cities that has inspired Western imagination for millennia. Alternate fall semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 294 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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ART 310 - Globalization and Contemporary Art Cross-Listed as INTL 310
Globalization processes are forcing artists, curators and museum directors to rethink the way we study and understand contemporary art. The increasingly international art market and auction houses, art fairs, festivals, and biennales in places such as Dubai, Istanbul, or Cairo spark the excitement about the contemporary art around the globe, beyond the traditional centers of gravity in Europe and the United States. This course will introduce students to global artistic production from the 1990s to the present. Using a series of case studies, it will examine how globalization impacts artistic production in different parts of the world, including Asia, Africa, India, Latin America, Russia, Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. While analyzing a diverse range of artistic practices in these regions, the course will critically explore discourses of multiculturalism, post-colonialism, transnationalism, and globalization. Alternate fall semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 330 - Figure Drawing
In this course we will explore both the structural and expressive aspects of figure drawing. Students will be introduced to the elements of surface anatomy and structure of the human body through working with nude and clothed models, the skeleton, anatomical texts, and other source material. Confidence, the ability to improvise, and an expressive connection with the figure will be encouraged through exercises that encourage experimentation with gesture and materials. In an in-depth, independent final project, students will develop their own personal content related to the figure/body, using the materials and methods of their choice. Discussion of the various issues brought up by representation of the body will be part of our study of both contemporary and historical works of art. Every other fall. Prerequisite(s): ART 130 or permission of instructor. Every other fall. (4 Credits)
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ART 333 - Photography II
Building on the tools and techniques learned in the Photography I course, Photography II highlights the material aspect of photography in contemporary art and is designed for self-driven students wanting to pursue a photography-based art project. Alternative processes, advanced lighting, and digital distribution will be explored at length. Students will work toward the product of printed and digital portfolios and create work for a group exhibition. Class time will consist of critiques, readings, lectures, material demonstrations, field trips, and lab time. $75 materials fee charged for course. Prerequisite(s): ART 233 Every year. (4 Credits)
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ART 334 - Figure Painting
This studio art class introduces students to the formal and technical skills needed to represent the human body. Students will learn how to paint the human figure by first studying anatomy and movement and working from the skeleton and models. Portrait painting as well as full-figure painting will be taught. The class will situate figure painting as subject matter within the context of art history and contemporary art and address some of the social debates around representation and identity. Projects will focus on topics such as the psychological body, the political body and the abstracted body. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques and gallery/museum visits will supplement studio work. Three two-hour periods per week. Prerequisite(s): ART 234 or permission of instructor. Alternate odd years. (4 Credits)
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ART 367 - 3-D Design
We are surrounded by three dimensional design; from the architecture of our built environment to the tools and objects that surround us, to the human-altered landforms and plantings of our larger environment. All of these elements can be considered and affected by design choices which we make. In the class we build structures which can be considered from structural, aesthetic, and functional points of view. Some of these projects are built to very specific parameters so that trade-offs can be observed and measured. We smash a lot of things, but learn a lot about problem-solving along the way. The course includes a field trip to my farm/studio in Western Wisconsin where we install a large site-specific project. Past projects have included a collaboratively-built ninety-three foot long illuminated lantern across the pastures, as well as a series of kinetic structures. The food is great too! Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 370 - Drawing II
Building on Art 130, this studio course seeks to enlarge the student’s visual vocabulary and inventive capacities in drawing. Projects are more complex and require a sustained effort. Students develop more individual content and explore a wider range of drawing styles and materials. Overall theme of the course varies each semester. Group discussions, critiques, slide lectures, and field trips are included. Two three-hour periods per week. May be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite(s): ART 130 Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 371 - Painting II
A continuation of ART 234, expanding both technical and critical/theoretical knowledge through projects which demand the development of each student’s individual interests. Required projects will encourage increasing self-direction and development of the students’ own artistic vision. Readings will supplement students’ critical and theoretical understanding of historical and contemporary art practices. Frequent group discussions and critiques, as well as museum/gallery field trips. Three two-hour periods per week. Offered every other semester. Prerequisite(s): ART 234 . Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 372 - Sculpture II: Metal Fabrication and Welding
In this course, students build upon and expand the basic technical skills acquired in Sculpture I, and work to develop more sophisticated, individually-designed projects in a variety of media. Basic welding is taught, allowing students to develop strength and scale in their projects. the new The foundry provides the means for an individual or a small group to cast bronze components which can become part of larger sculptural pieces. The foundry process includes working with dangerous materials, requires wearing of funny outfits, and offers the potential for dramatic moments. Students in Sculpture II will create a piece for transport and installation at the farm/studio. A typical project which could be shown at the farm might be a wind-powered kinetic sculpture. $150 materials fee charged. Prerequisite(s): ART 235 Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 373 - Printmaking II
This course is a continuation of ART 236, focusing on individually generated projects. There is an introduction of new techniques appropriate for content such as monoprint, collograph, screenprint, photo-printmaking and computer-based processes. Field trips, and arranged meetings. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 374 - Ceramics II
This course is for students with a passion for clay! Designed to engage and build on students’ previous ceramic experiences, advancing their knowledge, techniques and concepts of contemporary ceramic art. Course content will be both assignment based and self-directed whether created on the wheel or through handbuilding. Through thoughtful discussion, critical examination and evaluation of concepts and ideas the class encourages students to develop a better understanding of their relationship to the rich tradition of ceramics and ceramic sculpture. Students will develop an understanding of glaze and clay materials while also taking on responsibilities for electric, gas and raku kiln firings. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques and gallery/museum visits will supplement studio work. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review, along with class participation. May be taken without an introductory class with instructor’s review and approval. Can be taken for credit multiple times. Three two-hour periods per week. $100 materials fee is required. Prerequisite(s): ART 131 or approval of instructor. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 375 - Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in American Art
This course provides an introduction to the diversity of twentieth century visual culture of the United States, within the historical, social, and cultural contexts in which it is created. It will analyze the intersection and the social dynamics of race and ethnicity, along with gender and class, and how these shaped the experience of American artists and their audiences at various historical moments during the last century. Studying the work of Native American, African-American, Asian-American, and Latino-American artists in response to the mainstream US art and culture, will provide students with broad and complext understanding of concepts of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as reflected in artistic production of this marginalized artists and art groups. Prerequisite(s): At least one course in Art History, WGSS or AMST or permission of the instructor. Offered in the fall every two years. (4 Credits)
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ART 376 - Word.
This course will explore histories, cultures and artistic practices of combining words and pictures. Semiotics examines sign systems and the notion that all images are texts. The designer Eric Gill declared, “Letters are things, not pictures of things.” Words and graphics underlie effective posters of advocacy and protest. The word is sacred in many cultures. We shall comparatively examine the work of artists from many different backgrounds whose projects involve language and apply apt theoretical principles to the making of text-based work. Use of text-generating technologies, digital and manual, including letterpress, stamping, laser cut stencils, pochoir, Risograph, mimeo, texting, calligraphy, and more. Logomaniacs welcome. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 380 - Art and Iconoclasm from the Ancient World to Early Modern Era
From ancient Mesopotamia to modern Europe, people attacked, mutilated and smashed images with motivations influenced by religion, politics and other ideological agendas. This course will explore the dynamics of such iconoclastic attacks on images by examining case studies from ancient, medieval and early modern contexts in the Near East, Mediterranean world and Europe. How and why have images been perceived as a threat by monarchs, invading armies or religious zealots? What were the intended outcomes of image destruction? By focusing on these main questions, this course will explore the function and power of images in pre-modern and early modern societies. Alternate spring semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 394 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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ART 487 - Art History Methodology Seminar
This course is designed for graduating art history majors and it exposes them to methods and theories of art history, with a particular focus on the transformation of the discipline that began in the 1970s and continues to the present. The course will expose the students to both conventional methods of art historical analysis (style, form, iconography) and to the so called “revisionist” perspectives of “new” art history. The course surveys a wide range of approaches used in the discipline, beginning with writers such as Vasari, Riegl, Panofsky, Gombrich, and ending with the more recent art historical studies informed by Marxism, feminism, and postmodern and postcolonial theories. Students must enroll in a 2-credit independent study course in the spring semester of their senior year to do additional preparation for the successful completion of their capstone requirement, which culminates in a public oral presentation. Prerequisite(s): Art History seniors only. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 488 - Senior Studio Seminar
This course provides a setting in which art studio majors complete their capstone projects, including mounting a professional exhibition of recent work. It provides a look ahead to post-Macalester opportunities and the challenges of graduate school, jobs, and career opportunities in art. Arts professionals make presentations to the class and readings provide theoretical grounding for putting contemporary art in context. Students learn professional practices for studio artists, how to write artist statements, professional resumes and applications for grants, residencies and graduate school. Two three-hour sessions per week. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 490 - Art Apprenticeship
This studio apprenticeship is available only to Macalester College graduates. It is a full-time course of study, where the work is divided approximately in half between developing the student’s own work and assisting the instructor in the studio. Permission of the instructor is required. May be taken for up to two semesters. (4 Credits)
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ART 494 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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ART 601 - Tutorial
Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ART 602 - Tutorial
Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ART 603 - Tutorial
Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ART 604 - Tutorial
Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 611 - Independent Project
Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ART 612 - Independent Project
Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ART 613 - Independent Project
Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ART 614 - Independent Project
Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 621 - Internship
May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ART 622 - Internship
May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ART 623 - Internship
May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ART 624 - Internship
May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ART 631 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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ART 632 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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ART 633 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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ART 634 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 111 - Introduction to Asian Studies
This course introduces students to foundational legends, epics, novels, and poetry from across Asia. Studying core texts from the Arab World, India, China, Korea, and Japan will provide windows into the ancient cultures that produced these works. We will also examine these tales’ enduring power today. We will analyze the many changes these tales underwent as they spread across Asia and appeared in diverse media including theater, visual arts, and television. Texts include: The Journey to the West, The Arabian Nights, The Tale of Genji, The Ramayana, and The Story of Hong Gildong. Every year. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 123 - Masterpieces of Chinese Literature Cross-Listed as CHIN 123
This course introduces students to masterpieces of Chinese poetry, drama, philosophy, and history. We begin with ancient folk songs and poems and progress historically to the twentieth century. The Chinese word for “literature” - “wenxue” - literally means “the study (xue) of patterns (wen).” In class we will search for thematic, rhythmic, stylistic, and philosophical patterns that structure individual texts. We will also discover broader social patterns that transcend individual works and bind the tradition together. All texts will be read in English translation; no knowledge of Chinese language or literature is expected. There will be frequent writing assignments. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 124 - Asian Religions Cross-Listed as
An introduction to the study of Asian religious traditions in South and East Asia (India, China and Japan). Open to everyone but especially appropriate for first and second year students. Every year. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 127 - Religions of India Cross-Listed as
An introductory level course on the popular, classical and contemporary religious traditions of South Asia. Topics include Advaita Vedanta and yoga, popular devotionalism, monastic and lay life in Theravada Buddhism, the caste system, Gandhi and modern India. Prerequisite(s): RELI 124 or permission of instructor. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 140 - Introduction to East Asian Civilization Cross-Listed as HIST 140
This course introduces the cultures and societies of China, Japan and Korea from the earliest times to the present day. Primarily an introductory course for beginners in East Asian civilization, this course considers a variety of significant themes in religious, political, economic, social and cultural developments in the region. Every year. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 150 - Language and Gender in Japanese Society Cross-Listed as , and WGSS 150
Japanese is considered to be a gendered language in the sense that women and men speak differently from each other. Male characters in Japanese animation often use “boku” or “ore” to refer to themselves, while female characters often use “watashi” or “atashi.” When translated into Japanese, Hermione Granger (a female character in the Harry Potter series) ends sentences with soft-sounding forms, while Harry Potter and his best friend Ron use more assertive forms. Do these fictional representations reflect reality? How are certain forms associated with femininity or masculinity? Do speakers of Japanese conform to the norm or rebel against it? These are some of the questions discussed in this course. Students will have opportunities to learn about the history of gendered language, discover different methodologies in data collections, and find out about current discourse on language and gender. Offered alternate years. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 170 - Art of the East I: China Cross-Listed as ART 170
This course introduces the art and visual culture of China from the Neolithic era to the twenty-first century. Lectures and readings will teach methods of formal visual analysis as well as provide the opportunity for students to think critically about how scholars write the artistic history of the region. Through this class, students will engage with a broad array of media, from jade carvings, Buddhist cave painting, architecture, calligraphy and monumental landscape paintings to ceramics, modern graphic media, and contemporary installations. While examining the specific cultural, social, economic, and political functions of these spaces, images and objects, we will interrogate the multifaceted ways that shifting concepts of hybridity, ethnicity, authority, religion, militarism and politics have informed visual production. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 171 - Art of the East II: Japan Cross-Listed as ART 171
This course examines the art, architecture, and visual culture of Japan, spanning a broad temporal frame from the ancient Neolithic era to our own contemporary moment. We will discuss a diverse array of art and architecture from ancient Jomon pottery, Shinto shrines, and print media to Buddhist sculpture, painting practices during World War II, anime (cartoons) and manga (comics). In addition to learning methods of formal visual analysis, students will gain insight into how these works articulated complex artistic, social, economic, political, and religious trends. Through this course, students will develop skills to reflect critically on the production of narratives of Japanese culture, while considering concepts such as tradition, hybridity, value, authority, authenticity, sexuality, commodity flows, nationalism, and militarism. This is a stand-alone course which does ot require ASIA 170 - Art of the East I: China as a prerequisite. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 194 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 205 - Chinese and Sinophone Music Cross-Listed as MUSI 205
This course explores the multitude of music as practiced and listened to among Chinese-identifying communities by closely studying selected genres, musicians, and styles in various temporal and geographical localities. Course contents cover the musical procedures and performance practices of such genres as operas, chamber instrumental music, folk singing, pop and jazz, film and theatrical music, modern concert repertoire, as well as ancient court and ritual music. Prerequisite(s): No prior knowledge of musical instrument, notation, or Chinese languages is assumed. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 211 - Indian Philosophies Cross-Listed as PHIL 211
An introductory study of some of the great philosophers and philosophical problems of the Indian philosophical tradition focusing on Buddhist and Hindu philosophical debate from the time of the Buddha to around 1000 CE. Topics will include the role of philosophy in the Indian intellectual and religious tradition; Indian logic; the relationship between philosophy and practice (yoga, meditation); what counts as knowledge (pramana theory); ultimate truth versus conventional truth; Buddhist/Hindu debate on the nature of persons, rebirth and karma; competing theories of reality (momentariness, emptiness, non-dualism, realism) and methodologies of cross-cultural philosophy. Students will learn the basic Sanskrit terminology of Indian philosophy and will work with primary source material in translation. Every year. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 236 - Sanskrit and Classical Religion in India Cross-Listed as CLAS 202 , LING 236 , and RELI 236
Like Latin and Greek in Europe, Sanskrit is a highly inflected language of scholarship and revered as the perfect medium for discourse on everything from science and sex to philosophy and religion. It flourished in its classical form after the age of the Buddha (5th century BC) and served as a scholarly lingua franca in India until the Islamic period. This course serves as an introduction to the grammar an script of Sanskrit, and we will advance to a point of reading simplified texts from the classical epic Ramayana.Students will be expected to attend class regularly and spend at least ten hours a week outside class studying the grammar and vocabulary. Without this sort of effort, no progress is possible in such a complex language. In addition to the rigorous study of the language, we will consider both the role of the language in classical Indian culture and religion, and some texts from the Ramayana, looking at both English translation and Sanskrit originals. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 244 - Geography of Asia: the Political Economy Cross-Listed as GEOG 244
Whether the twenty-first century will be dominated by the “rising Asia” has spurred recurring debates in policy and academic circles. But what is Asia? How can we understand this diverse region where more than half of the world’s population resides? In this course, we will first deconstruct the idea of Asia as a cartographic entity to excavate the layered social-cultural meaning and geographical diversity of the “Asias.” We will also place the “Asias” in a global context to reveal how contemporary Asia anchors the changing world political economy and cultural imaginations outside the West. We will begin with important theoretical debates on (East) Asian development that prevailed in the 1980s and 1990s, including discussions about the colonial past, the path-dependency of development and uneven industrialization, regional disparities and mega-urbanization. We will then use these debates as the foundation to explore the contemporary globalizing Asia. What are the important connections between Asian countries, and with other parts of the world? What are the roles of the “Asias” in international governance and geo-politics? Can China replace the United States as the dominant geo-economic power? These are the questions we will explore in this course. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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ASIA 254 - Japanese Film and Animation: From the Salaryman to the Shojo Cross-Listed as JAPA 254
This course surveys the history of Japanese film from the “golden age” of Japanese cinema to the contemporary transnational genre of anime. While introducing methodologies of film analysis and interpretation, it develops knowledge of how major works of Japanese film and animation have expressed and critiqued issues of modern Japanese society. In doing this, we trace the development of two related archetypes: the middle-class salaryman and the adolescent girl (shojo). These figures - as well as their incarnations as cyberpunks and mecha-warriors, sex workers and teen rebels - help us explore Japanese film’s engagement with the strictures of middle-class society, the constrained status of women, fantasy and escapism, sexuality and desire. Weekly screenings and discussion will be supplemented by readings in film theory and cultural criticism. Directors include Ozu Yasujiro, Akira Kurosawa, Oshima Nagisa, Miyazaki Hayao, Anno Hideaki, and Hosoda Mamoru. No prior knowledge of Japanese required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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