Visualizing Colonialism (ARB-0155)

Fall 2023 · ARB 0155 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

An overview of the intersection between visual culture and the conditions of colonialism and postcoloniality. Readings and viewings on representations of the non-Western world in colonial-era painting and photography, leading to an examination of the history of colonial cinema, and to later postcolonial visualizations of the colonial period. The development of cinemas of anti colonial resistance, and persisting effects of colonialism and empire in contemporary global visual cultures, including contemporary arts and new media. Materials drawn from a variety of regional contexts, with special emphasis on the Arab world. Secondary readings drawn from anti-colonial theorists and postcolonial studies. In English.

Course codes: ARB-0155, ARB 0155, ARB0155, ARB-155, ARB 155, ARB155, CST-0010, CST 0010, CST0010, CST-10, CST 10, CST10, ILVS-0101, ILVS 0101, ILVS0101, ILVS-101, ILVS 101, ILVS101, FMS-0175, FMS 0175, FMS0175, FMS-175, FMS 175, FMS175

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