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Oh, and I mentioned '1984' in an earlier post...the movie wasn't that good, the book is far better, but it really drives home the point of an authoritarian state.
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Oh, and I mentioned '1984' in an earlier post...the movie wasn't that good, the book is far better, but it really drives home the point of an authoritarian state.
I'd use V for Vendetta over the 1984 movie. The book is obviously a million times better than either
Sullivan's Travels (class) Ace in the Hole (exploitation in the media) I would check this one out. Fail-Safe (the forgotten cold war thriller, overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove that same year) Norma Rae (working class, union) Reds (communism, America, Russia 1912-1920) Matewan (working class, union) Do the Right Thing (class, race) American Beauty (failure of the American dream) Traffic (war on drugs)
I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.
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I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.
I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days
I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.
I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days
Boooo! Both / and, not either / or.
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harmless wrote:
I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.
I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days
Boooo! Both / and, not either / or.
It tends to come up often talking about current events. the first 10 minutes or so (sometimes a bit less, sometimes a lot more) of each class is usually given over to talking about what's going on in the world. Otherwise there are only so many hours in the day. One of the hardest parts of teaching is having to decide what to cut.
When I do identity stuff it tends to be feminism or race stuff (both come up in my theory classes, and the intro class). It tends to not be disability stuff
I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.
I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days
Boooo! Both / and, not either / or.
It tends to come up often talking about current events. the first 10 minutes or so (sometimes a bit less, sometimes a lot more) of each class is usually given over to talking about what's going on in the world. Otherwise there are only so many hours in the day. One of the hardest parts of teaching is having to decide what to cut.
When I do identity stuff it tends to be feminism or race stuff (both come up in my theory classes, and the intro class). It tends to not be disability stuff
Well, the disabled rights movement is a couple of decades younger than the others, admittedly. It's very interesting though if you ever become interested and think you can fit it in. I get that if you're a teacher, a socio-economic focus is sensible -- a lot of things can be put under that umbrella in a shorter space of time, and identity politics can become frustratingly tangential. It's interesting that in the UK at the moment, disabled identity and politics and socio-economics are clashing in a way they probably never have before.
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