ENGL 277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Afrocentrism
7 Feb 2018
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Lecture outline: pouzoulet- the city in social and historical context. 1997 - in relations to today are slightly out of date: cities cultural renewal not in 1997. Ex. genderfication, that is no longer the case. *film was made, city as a space, especially nyc was associated with poverty, violence, homelessness by the public imagination. Different idea of brooklyn of what we have today. Most films at the time that dealt with racial etc were aiming for darker and realistic aspect of the city: visual themes. Fire hoses: below ground and rising to the surface; symbolism. What specific elements does the scene use to create this effect. S specifically as possible: so what. Argument should also be specific to the scene: something you could say to another scene or film, its not significant enough - analysis. What are the larger implications of things you are observing in the scene. How does it communication in the world world.
