COMM 4303 Global Media, Politics and Culture: Globalization and Malaysian Film

COMM 4303 Global Media, Politics and Culture: Globalization and Malaysian Film
Global Media, Politics and Culture: Globalization and Malaysian Film
This course engages students in cross-cultural analysis and introduces the unique postcolonial and multicultural context of Malaysian cinema. We will examine historical and current globalization through the lens of the new and acclaimed wave of independent and experimental films that have been earning accolades in international festivals around the world. The course will examine key issues pertaining to gender, ethnoracial, religious and national identities in Malaysia, as well as the cultural geopolitics of the relationship between the West" and "East""
Notes: An elective in Asian Studies
credit hours: 3