HACU 234

HACU 234
Traveling Identities: Immigrants, Exiles and Sojourners
in Film, Literature and Culture
Spring 2001

Eva Rueschmann
Asst. Professor of
Cultural Studies
Phone: 559-5429
erHA@hampshire.edu
Office hours: ASH 107,
M 1-2:20, Th 1-3

Mon screenings at 2:30 in ASH Auditorium
Wed seminars 2:30-5:20 in FPH 107


	Online Resources

	Check out the syllabus, including details of assignments and required texts. Communicate with other students in the class using these e-mail addresses. If you would like to set up an online discussion, please contact me. Use the research center. Ask a librarian, browse background reading. Get general advice on Division I exams. Browse links to related topics. ARCHIVE OF PREVIOUS WEEKS Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Week Six Week Seven Week Eight Week Nine Week Ten Week Eleven Week Twelve

Screenings/Announcements

Week Ten: April 16

Screening of Mathieu Kassovitz's
HATE/LA HAINE
(France, 1995, 95 min., black and white)
today at 2:30 in Ash Auditorium.

Check out the Film Notes and Study Questions. Discussion questions may serve as starting points for your journal entries.

Remember to think of a film that you would like to discuss during the last week of the semester. I will be collecting suggestions over the next couple of weeks.

Readings/Assignments

April 18

This week we will look at post-colonial cultures in France through the lens of a contemporary film that addresses the multiethnic and multiracial landscape of urban Paris.

Please complete the following supplemental readings:

Chris Barke, review of la haine
Keith Reader, "After the Riot"
OPTIONAL READING!: Mehdi Charef's Tea in the Harem (We will not discuss the novel in class but I'll be glad to talk to any of you individually about the work.)

Additional Resources:

Interview with Mathieu Kassovitz and Jodie Foster
Information on la haine at the International Movie Database