Sunday, March 16, 2008

Spring 08 Syllabus

syllabus remains much the same in terms of requirements, grading, etc. Some new topics, however:

SEX ON STAGE AND IN PRINT:
Manga banned in San Bernardino, California, 2007
Idomeneo at Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 2006
RELIGION ON STAGE AND IN ART:
Chocolate Jesus in New York, 2007
Pike Theatre, Dublin, Tennessee Williams, and the Roman Catholic Church, 1956
POLITICS
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent in North Carolina, 2007
Waafa Bilal at RPI
Porgy and Bess and cultural diplomacy, Europe and the Soviet Union, 1952-56.
SEX IN PUBLIC SPACES
Nude sculpture in Saugatuck, Michigan, 2007
Nude drawings at Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas, 2007
Venus on the London Underground and elsewhere, 2008
EDUCATIONAL CENSORSHIP
Video Games in New York
JuicyCampus.com
Student drawings in Montrose, Colorado, 2007
Higher Ground play on bullying censored in Oregon, 2008
Voices in Conflict in Connecticut, 2007.
Freedom Writers’ Handbook in Indianapolis, 2008