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AMST 324 - The Road Movie in America and Abroad

(3.00)
This course examines the road movie as an important symbol of American culture. Through a close reading of the cinematic text and scholarship, important cultural issues, such as the frontier, identity, the disintegration of the nuclear family, and the future of the American empire will be explored. In this class students will gain skills for understanding the critical language of cinema and the complexity of how American issues and popular culture travel abroad.

Course ID: 100190
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture


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