MW, 11:15 AM-12:30 PM, Location: TBA
Required film screening: M, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Fulfills COLL S&H Requirement
Fulfills COLL Culture Studies Requirement (List A)

Instructor: Sarah Florini
E-Mail: sflorini@indiana.edu
Office: Mottier Hall 267
Phone: 855-6405

This course introduces students to the complex relationship between
diverse ethnic groups and their media representations within the
U.S. context.  Using history as the primary point of departure, we
will examine the cultural, social, and political location of various
ethnic “minorities,” including Native Americans, Asian Americans,
African Americans, and Latinos/as, and their media representations,
particularly in film and television.  The course is divided into
four sections:  (1) Foundations, (2) Ethnic Minorities and
Mainstream Film; (3) Ethnic Minorities and Mainstream TV; and (4)
Ethnic Minorities and their Cultural Spaces.  Issues of production,
representation, and interpretation will be considered as a way of
understanding who controls the production of images and how
audiences might interpret them.