Event Title
Teaching Transcultural Noir / Teaching Noir Transculturally: Gender, Pedagogy, and Cultural Capital
Location
Hart 116
Start Time
12-5-2016 11:05 AM
End Time
12-5-2016 11:20 AM
Description
This presentation looks at the concept of noir, starting with Classical Hollywood's adaptation of pulp crime novels from the 1930’s and 40’s and extending into the study of works of literature and film in America and East Asia that are influenced by, and part of the lineages of those original novels and films. Texts considered include noir and noir-influenced films and novels from America, China and Japan. Of particular interest is the way in which these texts examine and dramatize women's subjectivities and agencies within the contexts of the cultural space in which they're set. The presentation further looks at the pedagogical challenges and rewards of teaching such a set of texts together. It will consider how to teach the texts and how the texts teach their readers. Student engagement with such an enterprise has value as a method to come to understand and begin to analyze concepts such as visual representation, literary representation, and cultural difference.
Teaching Transcultural Noir / Teaching Noir Transculturally: Gender, Pedagogy, and Cultural Capital
Hart 116
This presentation looks at the concept of noir, starting with Classical Hollywood's adaptation of pulp crime novels from the 1930’s and 40’s and extending into the study of works of literature and film in America and East Asia that are influenced by, and part of the lineages of those original novels and films. Texts considered include noir and noir-influenced films and novels from America, China and Japan. Of particular interest is the way in which these texts examine and dramatize women's subjectivities and agencies within the contexts of the cultural space in which they're set. The presentation further looks at the pedagogical challenges and rewards of teaching such a set of texts together. It will consider how to teach the texts and how the texts teach their readers. Student engagement with such an enterprise has value as a method to come to understand and begin to analyze concepts such as visual representation, literary representation, and cultural difference.
Comments
Moderator: Martina Arndt