TH 2210 - Race and Ethnicity on Stage and Screen (3)

Examines the experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, Asian American, and/or Latina and Latino Americans in the United States on stage and screen. Emphasizes narratives of lived experience, history, social struggle, and intersectional identities as a framework to explore how Theatre and Film may be forms of resistance and protest, work toward social and racial justice, anti-racism, and group affirmation. Analyze, critique and discuss the context, aesthetics and styles of theatre and filmed performances. Topics will include history, immigrant experiences and immigration policy, gender, sexuality, settler-colonialism, cultural appropriation, language, self-determination and empowerment.