TEACHSOC: Re: Films

[Andi Stepnick]

Abdallah Here you go. And I'd add Office Space for Ritzer! http://mywebpages.comcast.net/sprescott13/films-sociology.htm Andi     Sociology - Films and theory   Classical Grand Theories Brazil 12 Monkeys Office Space The Postman Witness Modern Times The Virgin Suicides -- works great with Durkheim   Contemporary Theoretical Portraits Guess who's coming to dinner? Shawshank Redemption The Last Castle American Beauty The Great Santini Black Rain   Contemporary Grand Theories Roger and Me Cooley High El Norte   Introduction to Theory (Multicultural Theory) The Band Played On The Laramie Project   Contemporary Theories of Everyday Life Life is Beautiful Open City An film using Italian Neo-Realism   Contemporary Integrative Theories Risky Business Saturday Night Fever   Contemporary Feminist Theories Courage Under Fire Private Benjamin The Burning Bed Thelma and Louise Welcome to the Doll House But I'm a Cheerleader The Accused Girlstown   Postmodern Grand Theories Bladerunner Three Kings Til the End of the World Paris, Texas The End of Violence (maybe any recent Wim Wenders film)   gender bending/transgender issues The Birdcage Tootsie Some Like it Hot Victor/Victoria Boys Don't Cry Mississippi Masala; The Story of Qui Ju; and Tilal But I'm a Cheerleader Teddy's Bear Picnic   class awareness, interclass tensions and mobility Mystic Pizza, Pretty in Pink Mrs. Winterbourne. [I also have the students read an article on the "Cinderella complex" as a mobility path/myth that is present in all three] Norma Rae   upper class issues in the U.S. and Britain Howard's End, Age of Innocence, and Gosford Park   Deviance - Over the Edge for labeling theory Nuts - Barbara Streisand   specific theorists For Marx and WEB Dubois, Matewan For Edward Said and Postcolonial Theory, Edward Said on Orientalism For Goffman, Merchants of Cool For Wallerstein, The Global Banquet                 Hi all, I will be teaching introduction to sociology this summer for the first time. I do not watch movies much so I need your help. I am looking for a feature film that I can use in class for students to analyze it using one of the theoretical perspectives that I will cover in the class. Thank you for your help Abdallah --   Andi     Every object, every being, Is a jar of delight. Be a connoisseur.      ~Rumi~   Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It's in our hands.      ~Cathy Better~   Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least.       ~Johann von Goethe~   ---------------- Dr. Andi Stepnick Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology 314 Wheeler Humanities Building Belmont University 1900 Belmont Blvd. Nashville TN 37212-3757   Direct Line:  (615) 460-6249 Office Manager: (615) 460-5505 Sociology Fax:  (615) 460-6997   --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---