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Publication Date: 2003-Jan
Pages: 11
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Composing Identities: Films, Families and Racism
Aitken, Stuart C.; Jokisch, Brad D.; Boone, Christopher G.
Journal of Geography, v102 n1 p2-12 Jan 2003
With this paper, I elaborate the use of the movies "American History X" and "Mi Familia" in classroom settings to highlight issues of ethnicity and the social construction of identity through families and communities. Taken together, these movies draw attention to racial geographies of Los Angeles but in very different ways. I contrast the ways they involve familial reactions to geographies of exclusion and betrayal, and how racial space is structured through larger community and institutional relations. I speak to how these issues are broached in a large introductory, interdisciplinary class.
Descriptors: United States History, Teaching Methods, Films, Ethnicity, Social Influences, Identification (Psychology), Family Influence, Racial Factors, Urban Areas, Social Bias, Social Studies, Racial Bias
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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