For today:
- Read the first half of MS Chap 6
For further reading & research:
- Watch Marlon Riggs' excellent documentary on the history of African American representation in US pop culture: Ethnic Notions. You can also watch Riggs' film, Color Adjustment, which focuses specifically on African American representation on television (it's a bit dated in terms of the examples, but is nonetheless an important document). Both films can be streamed online via PSU Library.
- "Sports Illustrated Uses People of Color as Props in Swimsuit Issue," Salon, Feb 15, 2013.
- Racialicious
- Bitch Magazine
- Feministing
- In Media Res
- We Are Respectable Negroes
- Native Appropriations
Representation & Inequality (Cont.) - Feb 21
For today:
- Finish MS chap 6
- Jack Shaheen, "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 588 (2003): 171-193.
- Watch Reel Bad Arabs in class.
For further reading & research:
- Matt Duss, "Hollywood of Hate," Salon, Sept 12, 2012.
- Eric Repphun, "Avatar as European Orientalist Fantasy," The Dunedin School (blog), Dec 24, 2009.
- Wajahat Ali, "Sex and the City 2's Stunning Muslim Cliches," Salon, May 26, 2010.
- Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race, RACE-The Power of an Illusion, PBS.com.
- Finish MS chap 6
- Jack Shaheen, "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 588 (2003): 171-193.
- Watch Reel Bad Arabs in class.
For further reading & research:
- Matt Duss, "Hollywood of Hate," Salon, Sept 12, 2012.
- Eric Repphun, "Avatar as European Orientalist Fantasy," The Dunedin School (blog), Dec 24, 2009.
- Wajahat Ali, "Sex and the City 2's Stunning Muslim Cliches," Salon, May 26, 2010.
- Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race, RACE-The Power of an Illusion, PBS.com.
