Film Studies 330 - SEM:AUTHRSHP/WMN/COLR/FILMMKRS

Spring
2015
01
4.00
Lokeilani Kaimana
Th 01:00-02:50; Th 07:00-11:00
Smith College
40966-S15
SEELYE 312; SEELYE 312
lkaimana@smith.edu
This seminar focuses on recent work in film and media by women of color. We question the power of authorship in the context of U.S.-American citizenship and identity. How do women of color, in particular, demonstrate hyphenated citizenship amid the transnational cultural narrative of the USA? What are the representational limits? What is at stake for audiences, for community groups, and for social justice movements? We ground our methods in woman-of-color feminism using readings from Methodology of the Oppressed and Framer Framed; and, we pay attention to the shifting discourse of authorship and auteur theory in film and media history. Together, we ask how authorship becomes a critical lens through which to engage work by women of color in the United States, and we explore instances of U.S.-American authorship that moves beyond national borders. In this seminar, we engage the work of Julie Dash, Lourdes Portillo, Trinh T. Minh-ha and others. Prerequisite: FLS 150. Permission of instructor required.(E)
Instructor permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores
Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.