Assigned Articles

The following journal and magazine articles are required readings for the course. 
You are expected to read the articles before we view the associated film.

All the articles can be accessed from campus computers by clicking on the links following each article below.

For instructions about how to access the articles from off-campus, follow the link 
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Where indicated, the .pdf files for certain articles are  posted in Blackboard.

For a copy of the reading list in Word format: GES 3980 Reading List Fall 2012

Articles for week 2:

Pierce Lewis. 1979. Axioms for Reading the Landscape, pp. 11-32 in The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes, D.W. Meinig (ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

D.W. Meinig. 1979. The Beholding Eye, pp. 33-48 in The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes, D.W. Meinig (ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Maria da Costa. 2004. Cinematic cities: Researching films as geographic texts, pp. 191-201 in Cultural Geography in Practice, A. Blunt, et.al. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Europe ~ "When We Leave"

Taylor, Ella. 2011. "Faith, family, immigration and homicide." New York Times, 23 Jan: 11(L).

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA247259303&v=2.1&u=colosprings&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

de Wenden, Catherine Wihtol. 2006. "Europe: immigration unwanted." European Affairs, Fall-Winter: 19+.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA160030830&v=2.1&u=colosprings&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

Lalwani, Sheila B. 2008. "The family name: honor killings in Germany." Kennedy School Review, 8: 109+.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA192590988&v=2.1&u=colosprings&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

Middle/South America ~ "The Colors of the Mountain"

“The Colors of the Mountain.” 2011. Covering Media.

http://www.coveringmedia.com/movie/2011/04/the-colors-of-the-mountain.html

Ceaser, Mike. 2005. “Caught in the Crossfire of Colombia’s Civil War.” thelancet.com, Jan 29.

Romero, Simon. 2008. "Despite rebel losses, cocaine sustains war in rural Colombia." New York Times, 27 July.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA181870129&v=2.1&u=colosprings&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

Torchin, Leshu. 2005. Hotel Rwanda. Cineaste, Vol. 30, Issue 2, p. 46, 3p.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16394889

Destexhe, Alain. 1994-95. The Third Genocide. Foreign Policy, Issue 97, p. 3, 15p.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=9502204754

Purvis, Andrew. 1996. Roots of Genocide. Time, Vol. 148, Issue 7, p. 57, 1p.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=9607307539

North Africa/Southwest Asia ~ "Lemon Tree"

Holden, Stephen. 2009. "In a grove, a war of wills and words." New York Times, 17 Apr.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA197896148&v=2.1&u=colosprings&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

Burleigh, Nina, Klein, Aaron, and Hamad, Jamil. 2009. “Two Views of the Land.” Time, Vol. 174, Issue 3, Jul 27.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=43281981&site=ehost-live

Redwine, John. "Peace talks or no, Lebanon's Palestinian refugees in limbo." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Dec. 2010: 14+.

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA252968042&v=2.1&u=colosprings&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

North Africa/Southwest Asia ~ A Separation

Hamid, Rahul. 2011. Freedom and Its Discontents: An Interview with Asghar Farhadi. Cineaste, Volume 37, Issue 1, p. 40, 3p.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=67744953&site=ehost-live

Hayoun, Massoud. 2012. Is There a Lesson for the U.S. in Iran's Oscar-Nominated 'A Separation'? the Atlantic, Feb 15, 5p.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/02/is-there-a-lesson-for-the-us-in-irans-oscar-nominated-a-separation/253018/

Romig, Rollo. 2012. Blood Money: Crime and Punishment in "A Separation." The New Yorker, Feb 24, 3p.  http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/02/a-separation-iran-law.html

South Asia 1 ~ "Monsoon Wedding"

Geller, Conrad. 2002. Monsoon Wedding. Cineaste, Vol. 27, Issue 4, p. 43, 2p.

Access in Blackboard  (For edited version that doesn't give plot away)

 http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=7559559

Lall, Rashmee Roshan. 2006. Waiting for a Sexual Revolution. New Statesman, 30 Jan. p. 28, 2p.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=19508787&site=ehost-live

Regnier, Pat. 2002. Local is the New Global. Time Europe, Vol. 159, Issue 9. p.65,1p. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=6267377&site=ehost-live

East Asia ~ "Grave of the Fireflies"

Ebert, Roger. 2000. Grave of the Fireflies. rogerebert.suntimes.com. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000319/REVIEWS08/3190301/1023

Rauch, Jonathan. 2002.  The Firebombs over Tokyo: America's 1945 attack on Japan's Capital Remains Undeservedly Obscure Alongside Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atlantic Monthly, July-August, p. 22. Atlantic Monthly Electronic Article

Ross, Sherwood. 2005. How the United States Reversed Its Policy on Bombing Civilians. Humanist, Vol. 65, Issue 4. p. 14-22.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17393553&site=ehost-live

Oceania ~ "Rabbit-Proof Fence"

McGregor, Russell. 2002. 'Breed out the Colour' or the Importance of Being White. Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 33, Issue 120, p286, 17p.

Access in Blackboard.

Olsen, Danielle. 2001. Dividing Australia: The story of the rabbit-proof fence. thingsmagazine.net, Issue 14.

http://www.thingsmagazine.net/text/t14/rabbits.htm

Robertson, Geoffrey. 2002. The Great Socialist Shame. New Statesman, Vol. 131, Issue 4613, p. 28, 1p.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=7822802