FMST 1331 - JEWS AND THE AMERICAN CINEMA

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course will introduce students to: the prominent roles 0f Jews in the American cinema (as producers, directors and performers); the manner in which issues of Jewish identity (including the negative aspect of ethnic stereotypes) and topics such as anti-Semitism and the holocaust have been treated in the American cinema; and the way in which film genre intersects with issues of Jews in American film (e.g. Comedy and so-called "Jewish humor", the appeal to Melo drama in the social problem film, etc.).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, Film Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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