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Title--Intro to Cultural Studies

Instructor
K. Gillis-Bridges
Class Meets
MW, 9:30-11:20
Mary Gates 271
Office Hours
MW, 11:30-12:30
and by appt.
Office Location
Padelford A305
Phone/Voice Mail
(206) 543-4892
Email
kgb@u.washington.edu

Title--Schedule

Week 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Finals

This schedule may be altered at any point in the term at the instructor’s discretion. Students must screen course films by the listed dates; they may view the films in Odegaard Media Library, rent them, or attend one of the scheduled screenings. Students must also complete readings by the time class meets on the dates indicated.The page numbers listed refer to the hand-drawn numbers at the bottom of each reading packet page.

Date Activity/Topic Reading/Film Due
9/29
  		Course introduction

Screening:  The Birth of a Nation (Griffith, 1915) 		   
9/30     Posting on The Birth of a Nation due by 10:00 p.m.
10/1 Doing Cultural Studies: The Case of The Birth of a Nation Rogin, “”And the Sword Became a Flashing Vision’: D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation” 1-46  
10/3

back to top 		    Our Dancing Daughters screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
       
10/6 Doing Cultural Studies: The Case of The Birth of a Nation Continued Corrigan, “Film Terms and Topics,” 161-183  
10/7   Our Dancing Daughters (Beaumont, 1928) Posting on flapper films due by 10:00 p.m.
10/8 Film Flappers, Consumption, and the Production Code: Our Dancing Daughters Landay, “The Flapper Film: Comedy, Dance, and Jazz Age Kinaesthetics,” 47-61; “The Production Code,” 62-69  
10/9     Mr. Smith Goes to Washington screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
10/10

back to top 		    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
 
Optional response posting due by 10:00 p.m.
       
10/13 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and the Politics of Hollywood Film
  		Film: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Capra, 1939)
Reading:  Wolfe, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Democratic Forums and Representational Forms,” 70-85 		 
10/14     Posting on Mr. Smith Goes to Washington due by 10:00 p.m.
10/15 The Cultural Work of Depression and WWII-Era Film    
10/16     Double Indemnity screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
10/17

back to top 		    Double Indemnity screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
 
Our Dancing Daughters Group Trace due by 5:00 p.m.
 
Optional response posting due by 10:00 p.m.
       
10/20 Double Indemnity, Film Noir, and Post-War Culture Film: Double Indemnity (Wilder, 1944)
Reading: Belton, “Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night,” 86-96 		 
10/21     Posting on Double Indemnity due by 10:00 p.m.
10/22 Writing About Film Corrigan, “Six Approaches to Writing About Film,” 183-194
 
  		 
10/24

back to top 		    Double Indemnity Group Trace due by 5:00 p.m.
       
10/27 In-class midterm essay; class meets in Mary Gates 030    
10/28 Individual conferences on midterm essay    
10/29 Individual conferences on midterm essay (class cancelled)    
10/30 Individual conferences on midterm essay   Invasion of the Body Snatchers screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
10/31

back to top 		Individual conferences on midterm essay   Invasion of the Body Snatchers screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
       
11/3 Seeing Red: Communism and U.S.Culture   Midterm Essay revision due in hard copy at Padelford A305 or via E-Submit by 5:00 p.m.
11/4   Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel, 1956) Dr. Strangelove screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.

Posting on Invasion of the Body Snatchers due by 10:00 p.m.
11/5 Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Cold War Film Samuels, “The Age of Conspiracy and Conformity,” 97-104 Dr. Strangelove screening, Kane 234, 3:30 p.m.
11/7

back to top 		    Invasion of the Body Snatchers Group Trace due by 5:00 p.m.
 
Optional response posting due by 10:00 p.m.
       
11/10 Atomic Culture    
11/12 Dr. Strangelove and Nuclear Nightmares Film:  Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
Reading: Maland, “Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy,” 105-115 		 
11/13     Easy Rider screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.

Posting on Dr. Strangelove due by 10:00 p.m.
11/14

back to top 		    Easy Rider screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
 
Dr. Strangelove Group Trace due by 5:00 p.m.
 
Optional response posting due by 10:00 p.m.
       
11/17 Easy Rider, the Counter-Culture, and a Changing Hollywood Film: Easy Rider (Hopper, 1969)
Reading: Klinger “The Road to Dystopia,” 116-128 		 
11/18     Posting on Easy Rider due by 10:00 p.m.
11/19 Easy Rider, the Counter-Culture, and a Changing Hollywood, Continued    
11/20     The Deer Hunter screening, Kane 234, 2:00 p.m.
11/21

back to top 		    The Deer Hunter screening, Kane 234, 2:00 p.m.
 
Easy Rider Group Trace due by 5:00 p.m.
 
Optional response posting due by 10:00 p.m.
       
11/24 Hollywood, Vietnam, and Apocalypse Now Note: We will screen Apocalypse Now clips in class Do the Right Thing screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
11/25   The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) Do the Right Thing screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
 
Posting on The Deer Hunter due by 10:00 p.m.
11/26

back to top 		Hollywood, Vietnam, and The Deer Hunter Wood, “Two Films by Michael Cimino,” 129-143  
       
12/1 Queer Cinema/Queer Culture   The Deer Hunter Group Trace due by 5:00 p.m.
12/2   Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989) Posting on Do the Right Thing due by 10:00 p.m.
12/3 Do the Right Thing and Contemporary Constructions of Race Pouzoulet, “The Cinema of Spike Lee: Images of a Mosaic City,” 144-153  
12/4     Fight Club screening, Kane 234, 2:30 p.m.
12/5

back to top		     Do the Right Thing Group Trace due by 5:00 p.m.
       
12/8 Fight Club and Masculinity in Crisis
 
Course evaluation 		Film: Fight Club (Fincher, 1999)
Reading: Jeffords, “The Big Switch,” 154-160 		 
12/9     Posting on Fight Club due by 10:00 p.m.
12/10 In-class Final Essay; class meets in Mary Gates 044    
12/12

back to top 		Commented Final Essays returned by 5:00 p.m.    
       
12/16

back to top 		    Final Essay revision due in hard copy at Padelford A305 or via E-Submit by 5:00 p.m.

 


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