LAT305 The American Family in Popular Film

The goal of this course is to understand the social, economic, and historical contexts that have shaped our picture of the American family in its many configurations, and to question the ideals and realities that underlie this picture. Both in class and at home, students will study Hollywood depictions of the Ideal Family, as well as the specific circumstances that change the dynamics within particular families such as single-parent and immigrant households. This course will also examine how popular film genres challenge the strength of the family even as they confirm it. This course may be used as an elective to fulfill the Fine Arts and Humanities General Education requirement and may also be applied to a Fine Arts major. Prerequisite(s): none 5 quarter hours

Distribution

GenEd-Fine Arts GenEd-Humanities