CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL CULTURE (CAVC)

Write a 1500-2000 word essay (typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1” margins all around; refer to Chicago Manual of Style ( http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html ) [Works Cited or Bibliography is required] THINK WELL before working on your arguments; unless you are to write about film festival network, in your final paper, one of the films you are writing about should be from the film list in our syllabus (refer to the list); at least two references will be from our required readings; remember: you are always welcome to quote extra sources (preferably academic ones). SUBMISSION : Please submit the essay to the lecturer’s email address maran@nagoya-u.jp with the subject “Final Paper New Perspectives”; the document title should contain your name. I prefer WORD because it is easier to comment and share online. But other formats are possible. I’d send out confirmation email once your assignment is received. Late submission is not accepted unless emergen...

Required Readings Julian Stringer, “ Global Cities and International Film FestivalEconomy ,” Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context , ed. Mark Shiel and Tony Fitzmaurice, London: Blackwell, 2001, 134–44 Wong, Cindy H. 2014. “ Introduction ”. Film festivals: culture, people, and power on the global screen . 1-28. Reference Readings Featherstone, Mike. “ Global Culture: An Introduction ”, Theory, Culture & Society, June 1990, No.7: 1-14 [whole book is uploaded, pls read the correct pages]