Visual Studies 260/ Russian 299S

Fall 2009
Monday’s 2:50-5:20 p.m.
East Duke Building
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This course investigates how visual culture--cinema, fine arts, performance and mass media--is participating in the formulation of post-Socialist identities in Russia, Central Asia and Yugoslavia.

Themes include:
how visual culture expresses and informs national identities in multi-ethnic states;
how post-Socialist gender roles are codified through visual culture;
and how collective and individual memory is mediated through visual culture.

Readings drawn from political science, cultural studies, sociology and art history.

1 Research Paper; Class Presentation and Participation

Taught by Pamela J Kachurin, Visiting Assistant Professor

Office Location: 106 East Duke Building
Office Phone: 684-3523
Email Address: pjk8@duke.edu