VAPA 1300 - American Identity on Stage and Screen

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

his class explores the ways we understand what it means to be “American” through performance and representation. Tracing the formation of American identity and its relationship to urbanism, immigration, nationalism, as well as race, gender, and ethnicity, we will look at theatre, film, and iconography from the 1850s to the present; from Civil War theatre to Spike Lee. Approved for LAS Humanities area and Cultural Diversity requirements. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity).