LER 210

Fall 2010 All Classes

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Images of Labor in Film

Credit: 3 hours.

Uses feature-length film to take an in-depth look at key labor strikes and organizing drives from the 1910s through the 1980s. Students will view some of the most powerful films on worker and labor themes ever produced. Studies the work lives and labor unions of miners; railroad porters; packinghouse workers; textile workers; and farm workers. Discusses the meaning of the events depicted in the films by situating them in historical context with detailed readings; engage the debates raised in the films about labor organizing methods and strike strategies that are relevant to today's labor movement; reflect on issues of race, gender, class consciousness, working conditions, union goals, anti-communism, and labor-management relations raised in the films and readings; analyze how effectively the films, and Hollywood in general, portray workers and unions; and compare and contrast the films.

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LER 210 class schedule data for fall 2010
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	55958	Online	A	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Ashby, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Section Info: This is an online course taught on Compass. There are no classroom sessions.
	56586	Online	AO1	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Ashby, S	Part of Term: XM Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Section Fee: Graduate - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $339.00 per Bill Hour, Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $304.00 per Bill Hour, and OCE Fees $50.00 per Bill Hour. Section Info: Academic Outreach restrictions and assessments apply, see http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu. Enrollment in this section is restricted to non-residential, non-degree seeking students. Degree-seeking UIUC students should register for sections without this restriction. Restriction(s): Restricted to NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC or NDEG:Undergrad Nondeg-CE-UIUC.