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ASIAS29

Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film

Subject code

ASIA

Course Number

S29

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

T. Nguyen

Course Long Title

Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film

Cross Listed Courses

Description

Many people conceive of Vietnam through images of war rather than through its culture. This course offers students an opportunity to study modern Vietnamese culture through documentary and feature films produced by westerners and Vietnamese during the last fifty years. The course helps students to gain insight into a traditional culture that, in part, shaped the modern course of Vietnam's history. The course challenges the old stereotypical views of Vietnam advanced by Hollywood movies with the new cultural images presented through Vietnamese eyes. Not open to students who have received credit for AV/AS 229.

Modes of Inquiry

Analysis and Critique [AC]

Writing Credit

No writing credit

INDS Program Relationship

IDAS - ASIA Program

GEC This Course Belongs To

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