Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- AHVS101: First-Year Seminar on Art, Images, Experience
- AHVS120: Exploring World Art
- AHVS121: Understanding Visual Communication
- AHVS200: Artists' Materials and Techniques
- AHVS202: Confronting the Object
- AHVS222: The Classical Tradition in Western Art
- AHVS223: Introduction to Western Architecture
- AHVS230: Monuments of South and Southeast Asia
- AHVS232: Sacred Form in South and Southeast Asian Art
- AHVS234: Encountering Renaissance Art
- AHVS241: The Image of the Artist
- AHVS251: Introduction to the Arts of Islam
- AHVS260: Modern and Contemporary Art Icons
- AHVS264: Art History and the Lens
- AHVS268: Introduction to Canadian Art and Architecture
- AHVS284: Indigenous Arts, Local Themes and Global Challenges
- AHVS292: Selected Themes in Art History and Visual Studies
- AHVS295A: Introduction to Film Analysis
- AHVS295B: Introduction to Film Studies
- AHVS300A: Masterpieces of Art and Architecture
- AHVS300B: Fakes, Forgeries and Fraud
- AHVS300C: The Destruction of Art
- AHVS310A: Making Art History
- AHVS310B: Presenting Digital Art History
- AHVS310C: Digital Tools for Art History and Visual Studies
- AHVS310D: Environmental Art
- AHVS310E: Topics in Craft and Communities
- AHVS310F: Modern and Contemporary Design
- AHVS311A: Visual Intelligence
- AHVS311B: Looking and the History of Perception
- AHVS311C: The Sacred Gaze
- AHVS311D: Artists and Art History in Popular Culture
- AHVS311E: History of Video Games and Interactive Media
- AHVS311F: Horror Video Games
- AHVS312: Gender, Identity and Film
- AHVS314: Special Topics in The Art of the Garden
- AHVS319: The Art of Power in South Asia
- AHVS321: Late Antique and Early Christian Art
- AHVS323: Byzantine Art
- AHVS324: Ancient and Medieval Jewish Art
- AHVS326: Early Medieval Art
- AHVS328: Gothic Art and Architecture
- AHVS329: People and Possessions in Medieval Households
- AHVS330A: Early Arts of South Asia
- AHVS330B: Later Arts of South Asia
- AHVS330C: The Body in Indian Art
- AHVS332A: Bollywood and Popular Visual Culture in India, 1950s onwards
- AHVS332B: Bollywood Global and Popular Visual Culture, India and Diaspora, 1990s onwards
- AHVS333A: Early Arts of Southeast Asia
- AHVS333B: Later Arts of Southeast Asia
- AHVS337: Special Topics in Contemporary Asian Art
- AHVS337A: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
- AHVS337B: Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
- AHVS338: Special Topics in Premodern Asian Art
- AHVS339: The Global Renaissance
- AHVS341A: Art in Renaissance Florence
- AHVS341C: Michelangelo and Leonardo
- AHVS342A: Baroque Art in Italy 1550-1700
- AHVS342B: Experiencing Baroque Painting
- AHVS342C: Gender and Sexuality in European Art 1400-1800
- AHVS342D: Collecting Cultures in Early Modern Europe
- AHVS343A: Art in Venice 1500-1800
- AHVS343B: The 18th Century in Northern Europe
- AHVS343C: Special Topics in The Lives of Artists
- AHVS344A: The Art of Travel 1200-1600
- AHVS344B: The Art of Travel 1600 to Present Day
- AHVS345: People and Things in the Early Modern Domestic Interior
- AHVS346C: Visual Culture in Jane Austen's World
- AHVS347: Art and Architecture of the Safavid and Mughal Empires
- AHVS348: Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
- AHVS349: Islam and the West: Artistic Contacts, 1500-1900
- AHVS351A: Painting in Medieval Islam
- AHVS351B: Painting in Iran
- AHVS352: The Genesis of Islamic Art and Architecture
- AHVS354: Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture
- AHVS355A: Old Kingdom Arts of Egypt
- AHVS355B: New Kingdom Arts of Egypt
- AHVS357: Arts of Mediterranean Islam, 13th- 20th Centuries
- AHVS358: Art of the Sultans and Emperors of India
- AHVS359: Islamic Arts from the Mongol Conquests to Modernity
- AHVS362A: Modern Art in Europe and North America, 1900 to 1945
- AHVS362B: Art in Europe and North America, 1945 to present
- AHVS362C: Critical Issues in Contemporary Art
- AHVS363: The Cinema and Modern Art Movements
- AHVS364: Documentary Film
- AHVS365: Experimental Film
- AHVS367: History in Cinema
- AHVS368B: Modern and Contemporary Canadian Art
- AHVS369: History of Photography
- AHVS370A: Popular Film and Cultural Theory
- AHVS370C: Horror Cinema
- AHVS370D: Canadian Film
- AHVS370E: The Family in Film
- AHVS370F: Apocalyptic Themes in Cinema
- AHVS370G: Time in Cinema
- AHVS372A: Chinese Art and Architecture
- AHVS373A: Japanese Art and Architecture
- AHVS381A: Modernism and Modern Art of the Pacific Northwest
- AHVS381B: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Northwest
- AHVS381C: Contemporary Global Art
- AHVS382A: Indigenous Arts of the Arctic and Subarctic
- AHVS382B: Indigenous Arts of the Southwest, California and Great Basin
- AHVS382C: Indigenous Arts of the Plains, Plateau, Woodlands and Southeast
- AHVS383: Special Topics in North American Indigenous Arts
- AHVS383A: Arts and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
- AHVS383B: Indigenous Arts and the Internet
- AHVS384: Northwest Coast Indigenous Arts and Colonization
- AHVS385A: Indigenous Fashion in the Pacific Northwest
- AHVS385B: Pacific Northwest Indigenous Arts and Exhibitions
- AHVS386: Approaches to Collections and Museums
- AHVS387A: European and North American Architecture, 1750 to 1900
- AHVS387B: Modern and Contemporary Architecture
- AHVS388: Global Case Studies in Indigenous Arts
- AHVS389: Art History and Curatorial Research
- AHVS390: Directed Studies
- AHVS392: Special Topics in Art History and Visual Studies
- AHVS395: Art History in Action
- AHVS397: A Social History of Impressionism
- AHVS397A: A Social History of Post-Impressionism
- AHVS398A: Art and Revolution I
- AHVS398B: Art and Revolution II
- AHVS411: Seminar in World Histories of Art
- AHVS420: Seminar in Medieval Art
- AHVS430: Seminar in the Contemporary Art of South and Southeast Asia
- AHVS435: Seminar in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Art, c. 1200-1500
- AHVS447: Seminar in Early Modern Art, c. 1500-1750
- AHVS449: Seminar in Orientalism in Art and Architecture
- AHVS450: Seminar in Islamic Art and Civilization
- AHVS451: Seminar in the Arts of Mughal India
- AHVS457: Seminar in Canadian Art
- AHVS460: Seminar in Modern Art I (1870-1945)
- AHVS461: Seminar in Modern Art II (1945-present)
- AHVS464: Seminar in Contemporary Art
- AHVS465: Seminar in 19th- and 20th-Century Architecture
- AHVS478: Seminar in Film Studies
- AHVS480: Seminar in Contemporary North American Indigenous Arts
- AHVS482: Seminar in Indigenous Arts
- AHVS484: Seminar in the Contemporary Arts of the Pacific Northwest
- AHVS486A: Museum Principles and Practices I
- AHVS486B: Museum Principles and Practices II
- AHVS487A: Heritage Resource Management
- AHVS488A: Managing Cultural Organizations
- AHVS488B: Collections Management
- AHVS488C: Communicating Through Exhibitions
- AHVS488D: Caring for Museum Collections
- AHVS488G: Public Programming
- AHVS488H: Topics in Museum Studies
- AHVS488I: Indigenous Cultural Stewardship
- AHVS488J: Contemporary Perspectives in Curatorship
- AHVS488K: Exhibition Planning and Design
- AHVS488N: Digital Planning for the Cultural Sector
- AHVS488S: Building Community Relationships
- AHVS488U: Managing Archival Collections
- AHVS488V: Museums as Learning Environments
- AHVS488W: Community Engagement and Social Change
- AHVS488X: Curatorial Planning and Practice
- AHVS488Y: Visitor Experiences
- AHVS489A: Heritage Area Conservation
- AHVS489C: Determining Significance of Heritage Resources
- AHVS489E: Topics in Heritage Conservation
- AHVS489G: Cultural Landscapes
- AHVS489H: Cultural Tourism
- AHVS489K: Heritage Conservation in Context
- AHVS489L: Heritage Conservation Planning
- AHVS490: Directed Studies
- AHVS491A: Directed Studies in Cultural Resource Management
- AHVS491B: Practicum in Cultural Resource Management
- AHVS492: Advanced Studies in Art History and Visual Studies
- AHVS493: Seminar on the Williams Collection
- AHVS498: Majors Seminar
- AHVS499: Honours Seminar
AHVS370A
Popular Film and Cultural Theory
A study of popular film and its social and political function. Special attention is paid to mainstream films, especially Hollywood genre films, in the interest of exploring the ideological significance of popular film. An exploration of divergent views on the role of popular film within cultural theory provides the context for the analysis of selected films.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5