Comments on: Introduction

By: Clemencia Rodríguez

Clemencia Rodríguez — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:59:38 +0000

I am about to start teaching International Communication. In the past I never found a textbook that met my goals for the course, so I used separate readings on Bollywood, Anime, Latin American media, etc. This year I found the Global Film Book, and I decided to use it as the main required text.

By: Roy Stafford

Roy Stafford — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:18:32 +0000

In reply to Melissa T. Smith. I'm pleased that you find the book useful Melissa. If there is anything I could add to the blog posts or pages that would help your students please get in touch.

By: Melissa T. Smith

Melissa T. Smith — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:53:53 +0000

I teach a course entitled “Foreign Film” in a Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at an open access university. My specialization is Russian language and theater. The course counts toward the general education requirement, so has consistent enrollment, which cannot be said of language courses above the requirement level, and therefore includes guest lectures from members of our perforce “Eurocentric” department members. However, one assignment is for students to present “sneak previews” of films of interest, and this has expanded my own acquaintance with global films. A major goal is to expand their sensitivity to the different “readings” of the films from the point of view of national vs. domestic audiences. This book is the closest I have found to my own approach, while greatly expanding it well beyond my autodidactic approach.