Chairman Mao Zedong. The Cultural Revolution is traced in order to pinpoint Mao's aims and to explore the deeper political, social, economic, and cultural issues that his actions raised for the Chinese, and for the rest of us as well. For students under the Core requirement, counts as either Foreign Cultures or Historical Study B, but not both. This is a survey of the modern cultures of Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, and Spain. We will analyze seminal films of the Third Reich as ideological constructs, popular commodities, and aesthetic artifacts.
Readings provide pertinent socio-historical backgrounds and important theoretical perspectives.
No knowledge of German required.