First-Year Seminar: Science Fiction Literature & Film: A Contrast in Hyper-Imaginative Media

3 units

This course will present a historical overview of the forms that racial and ethnic representations have taken in American television. The course will chart changes in public perception of racial and ethnic difference in the context of sweeping cultural and social transformations. The course examines how notions of medium and ponders the implications for these identities of the contemporary practice of narrowcasting. Required Screening.