Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 31)
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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Angela Ndalianis.
Prerequisite: 111-105.
Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and screenings a week.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- demonstrate an understanding of the development and concerns of the national cinemas studies
- understand the relationship that can exist between national cinemas and political form
- account for the position of national cinemas in relation to popular cinema as institutions
Content:
This subject will explore various institutional and cultural implications surrounding national cinemas. In any given year the focus will either be on a survey of different national cinemas or on one specific cinema emerging from a particular cultural environment. Cinemas to be studied may include those of: The Mediterranean, Britain, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa. Topics may include: methods of production, distribution and exhibition; questions of national identity and the embodiment of cinema as cultural voice; film and politics; the relationship between national and popular cinemas; power relations involving class, race, gender and ethnicity.
Assessment:
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 31)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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