AS101 Spring 2007 San Diego State University

Course Objective: This course will explore the social, religious, political, economic, and legal foundations of East and Southeast Asia. The course content is designed to give the student a background to understand the traditions, the values and thus the societies in East and Southeast Asia. In this course we will focus on East and Southeast Asia.

Textbooks required for the class: None...
All required readings will be available online on ECR or hardcopy at the SDSU Reserve Book Room.

Readings are taken from the following books:

Chua, Amy. World on Fire. New York: Doubleday, 2003
Heinz, Carolyn Brown. Asian Cultural Traditions. Waveland Press, Inc.: Prospect Heights, 1999.
Heidhues, Mary Somers. Southeast Asia - A Concise History. Thames and Hudson: London, 2000.
Lowenstein, Tom. The Vision of the Buddha: Buddhism - The Path to Spiritual Enlightenment. Duncan Baird Publishers: London, 1996.
Nelson, Lynn H. and Peebles, Patrick. eds. Classics of Eastern Thought. Harcourt Brace College Publishers: Fort Worth, 1991.
Owen, Norman. ed. The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia - A New History. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, 2005.
Go, Julian and Foster, Anne L. eds. The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives. Duke University Press: Durham, 2003.
McKenna, Thomas M. Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines. University of California Press: Berkeley, 1998.
Handbook of Korea. The Korean Overseas Information Service: Seoul, 2003.
Plus... a new and improved "Course Pack" that I developed that is available on ERes and Blackboard

Please note:
(1) The tests should be taken on the assigned date and there are no make up tests without a doctor's note.
(2) Attendance is mandatory for this class. You risk failing the class if you miss more than four classes. If you need to be absent from class for medical or family emergency reasons, you are required to provide proper documentation (doctor's note or supervisor/parent letter) to the instructor before or after class. An advanced notice is always appreciated even under such circumstances. It is also important for you to come to class on time and stay until the end of each session unless you have notified me beforehand about your intention to leave class early on a particular day. I encourage regular and active participation in the class. There will be a variety of venues for your to participate, including commenting on the readings, and raising questions in class. You do not need to have profound things to say every time you raise your hand. A simple question or a short comment from you may just be right to set a conversation going. Try to form the habit of speaking up early in the semester. Please be attentive and respectful to your classmates when they speak. A portion of your final grade will be based on your attendance record and my assessment of your participation effort in class through the weekly reading quizzes.
(3) The videos shown in class should be watched carefully as there will be questions from them on the tests. Same goes for speakers/invited guests.
(4) There will be no midterm or final exam so each test is of equal importance.
(5) Missing 4 Reading Quizzes results in an automatic D in the class
(6) Missing 5 Reading Quizzes results in an automatic F in the class

Evaluations:

1. Thirteen Reading Quizzes/Attendance	03% each	39%
2. Four Quizzes	10% each	40%
3. Group Movie Project
3.1. Outline	06%
3.2. Movie Project	15%	21%
Total		100%

Grade Scale:

97 to 100 A/A+
94 to 97 A
90 to 94 A-
87 to 90 B+
84 to 87 B
80 to 84 B-
77 to 80 C+
74 to 77 C
70 to 74 C-
67 to 70 D+
64 to 67 D
60 to 64 D-
00 to 60 F

Week 1 - Jan 19
Administration, Introduction, and Examination of the Syllabus

Week 2 - Jan 22/24/26: Introduction to Asia - Geography
Course Pack 19, 2-4
Jan 22: Asia as a Cultured Space: Heinz: Chapter 1 (3-9)
Jan 24: Introduction to Southeast Asia Heidhues: Introduction (7-15)
Jan 26: Reading Quiz 1: Please have read Course Pack 29 to 48 and see sample questions in 31, 39-40, 48 for quiz.
Movie: A World Without Thieves: Part 1

CHINA AND INDIA: THE TWO PILLARS

Week 3 - Jan 29/31 and Feb 02: Confucian and Taoist China
Course Pack 5-7, 23-66
Jan 29 - Taoism
An Introduction to Taoism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism
Nelson - Tao Te Ching (58-66)

Special Guest Speaker

Sandra A. Wawrytko, Ph.D., is a member of the Philosophy Department at San Diego State University, where she teaches classes on Asian Philosophy with an emphasis on Daoism and Buddhism. She received her B.A. in Philosophy at Knox College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Washington University St. Louis. She has authored and edited eight books, including The Undercurrent of 'Feminine' Philosophy in Eastern and Western Thought and CRYSTAL: Spectrums of Chinese Culture through Poetry. Among her other publications are numerous articles in professional journals and chapters in scholarly books. The Asian Thought and Culture series that she edits for Peter Lang has more than fifty volumes in print. As founder and president of the Charles Wei-hsun Fu Foundation, a non-profit, educational foundation, she promotes the study of Asian Thought and Culture through scholarships and other funding. In recognition of her contributions, she has been listed in Marquis Who's Who in America since 2004 and Who's Who in the World since 2005. Currently she is finalizing for publication two important annotated translations done with Professor FuÞthe Dao De Jing, The Viability and Virtuosity Classic and Wang Bi's commentary to that text. Also in process is a volume on Enduring Daoist Wisdom: Lao Zi's Life Lessons on Viability (Dao) and Virtuosity (De).

Jan 31 - Confucianism
An Introduction to Confucianism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism
Nelson - The Analects (50-56)

Feb 02 - Reeading Quiz 2: Please have read Course Pack 20-22 & 67-76 and see sample questions in 22 & 71 for quiz.
Movie: A World Without Thieves: Part 2

China
CIA Factbook
Capital City: Beijing
Date of Independence: 221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty); 1 January 1912 (Manchu Dynasty replaced by a Republic); 1 October 1949 (People's Republic established)
Population: 1,313,973,713 (July 2006 est.)
Current Leader: President HU Jintao (since 15 March 2003) and Vice President ZENG Qinghong (since 15 March 2003)
Type of Government: Communist State

Qipao

Week 4 - Feb 05/07/09: Buddhist China (Hinduism and Buddhism)
Feb 05 - India (Hinduism and Buddhism)
Lowenstein (8-33)
Nelson - Sermon at the Deer Park (30-37)
Feb 07 - Buddhism in China
An Introduction to Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
Feb 09 - Reading Quiz 3: Please have read Heinz - Chapter 7 (246-279). Questions will come from this literature.
Movie: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman: Part 1

India
CIA Factbook
Capital City: New Delhi
Date of Independence: 15 August 1947 (from UK)
Population: 1,095,351,995 (July 2006 est.)
Current Leader: Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH (since 22 May 2004)
Type of Government: Federal Republic

Saree/Sari

Week 5 - Feb 12/14/16: Confucianism and the Tao in Cinema
Feb 12 - China
Heinz - Chapter 7 (246-279)
Movie: Eat, Drinnk, Man, Woman: Part 2

Taiwan
CIA Factbook
Capital City: Taipei
Population: 23,036,087 (July 2006 est.)
Current Leader: Premier (President of the Executive Yuan) SU Tseng-chang (since 25 January 2006) and Vice Premier (Vice President of the Executive Yuan) TSAI Ing-wen (since 25 January 2006)
Type of Government: Multiparty Democracy

Taiwanese Bunun Dancer
(Formosa Aborignal Dance)

FEB 14:
QUIZ 1 - CHINA (CONFUCIANISM, TAOISM, AND BUDDHISM)
EXAM - ALL ANSWERS FOUND IN POWERPOINTS

Feb 16 - Reading Quiz 4: Please have read Course Pack 77-80 and see sample questions in 80 for quiz.
Movie: Barbarians - The Mongols and The Huns

THE REST OF EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA

Week 6 - Feb 19/21/23: Mongolia
Feb 19 - The Mongol Century (Part 1)
The Mongol Century (1-6)
http://www.geocities.com/mllora3/mongolia.htm
Feb 21 - The Mongol Century (Part 2)
The Monggol Century (7-12)
http://www.geocities.com/mllora3/mongolia.htm
Feb 23 - Reading Quiz 5: Please have read "Introduction to the Five Principal Spiritual traditions of Tibet" for quiz.
Movie: Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion

Mongolia
CIA Factbook
Capital City: Ulaanbaatar
Date of Independence: 11 July 1921 (from China)
Population: 2,832,224 (July 2006 est.)
Current Leader: Prime Minister Miegombyn ENKHBOLD (since 25 January 2006); Deputy Prime Minister Mendsaikhan ENKHSAIKHAN (since 28 January 2006)
Type of Government: Mixed Parliamentary/Presidential

Mongolian Woman in Traditional Dress

Week 7 - Feb 26/28/30: Tibet
Feb 26 - Everything to do with Tibet and nothing to do with Tibet: An Examination of Ang Lee's "Chosen." Tibetan Buddhism (An Introduction) Bonpo, Nyingma, Kahdam, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug, Geshe Degree
Feb 28 - Tibet Today: Demystifying Tibet and the Cry of the Snow Lion - Tibetan Buddhism (An Introduction) Bonpo, Nyingma, Kahdam, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug, Geshe Degree

Special Guest Speaker

About Venerable Tenzin Dhonden
Monastic Affiliation and Training Namgyal Monastery, Personal Monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala - 176219, Kangra Distt., H.P. India
Religious and Philosophical Training Member of Namgyal Monastery since the age of eight. Curriculum included four years of memorizing Tibetan canonical literature, philosophical and tantric texts including Guyasamaja, Chakrasambhava, Yamantaka, and Kalachakra Tantras, as well as other Tibetan texts that are based on offering or inviting the Dharma protectors. Thirteen years of study were devoted to the study of collective topics on logic, Buddhist inner science, Buddhist psychology, the four schools of Buddhist philosophy, and the four great tantric philosophies, such as action, kriya, yoga, and highest yoga tantras.
Artistic Training and Experience Mastery of the art of creating sand mandalas or paintings, and butter sculptures according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as well as Buddhist ritual dances including the Black Hat dance, Kalachakra dance, Deer dance, and Dances of the Diamond Realm.

Feb 30 - Reading Quiz 6: Please have read Course Pack 107-122 and see sample questions in 108 for quiz.
Movie: Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire - Part 1: The Way of the Samurai

Tibet
Factbook

In traditional Custom from Central Tibet

Week 8 - Mar 5/7/9: Japan
Mar 05 - Introduction to Tokugawa Japan: The Seeds of "Japanese" Identity Tokugawa Japan: The Social and Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan (11-36)

Special Guest Speaker

Dustin Wright, M.A., recently obtained his Master's from the Department of Asia Pacific Studies at SDSU, having written a thesis entitled "Political Atrocity: The Role of the Nanjing Massacre in Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations." His academic interests include modern Japanese history, international politics, race and migration, and economic development. He currently works for a San Diego-based NGO and is a fan of coffee shops in Normal Heights, miso ramen, and flight coupons. Dustin, always enthusiastic about a good chat, can be reached at dwright@projectconcern.org.

Mar 07 - Introduction to Meiji Japan through an examination of The Last Samurai... Please make sure to watch the movie prior to coming to class, as I will not summarize it... The movie is on reserve for the class and the code is: DVD 713 ... and Shinto and Buddhism in Japan
An Introduction to Shinto: Heinz - Chapter 8 (311-327)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
Mar 09 - Reading Quiz 7: Please have read Handbook of Korea (424-443) for quiz.
Movie: A State of Mind

Japan
CIA Factbook
Capital City: Tokyo
Date of Independence: 660 B.C. (traditional founding by Emperor JIMMU)
Population: 127,463,611 (July 2006 est.)
Current Leader: Chief of State: Emperor AKIHITO (since 7 January 1989)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Shinzo ABE (since 26 September 2006)
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Government

Kimono

The Woodblock Prints of Ando Hiroshige
The 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road

24 Views of Mount Fuji
Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849)

Yoshiwara was not the Gion!

Week 9 - Mar 12/14/16: Korea
Mar 12 - Modern History
Handbook of Korea (91-115), Handbook of Korea (424-443)

Korea, North
CIA Factbook
Capital City: Pyongyang
Date of Independence: 15 August 1945 (from Japan)
Population: 23,113,019 (July 2006 est.)
Current Leader: KIM Jong Il (since July 1994); note - on 3 September 2003
Type of Government: Communist State One-Man Dictatorship

Hanbok

Korea, South
CIA Factbook
Capital City: Seoul
Date of Independence: 15 August 1945 (from Japan)
Population: 48,846,823 (July 2006 est.)
Current Leader: chief of state: President ROH Moo-hyun (since 25 February 2003)
head of government: Prime Minister HAN Myeong-sook (since 20 April 2006)
Type of Government: Republic

Hanbok

MAR 14:
QUIZ 2 - EAST ASIA: MONGOLIA, TIBET, JAPAN, KOREA
EXAM - ALL ANSWERS FOUND IN POWERPOINTS

GROUP MOVIE PROJECT OUTLINE DUE MAR 14, 2007

Mar 16 - Reading Quiz 8: Please have read Southeast Asia: The Big Picture Heidhues - 68-75 for quiz.
Movie: The Scent of Green Papaya: Part 1

MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Week 10 - Mar 19/21/23: An Introduction to the Mainland Southeast Asian Region of Burma/Cambodia/Thailand/Vietnam/Laos
Mar 19 - Southeast Asia: The Big Picture Heidhues - 68-75 and Chua 23-48
Movie: Southeast Asia: The People
Mar 21 - Spread of Buddhism (Theravada) and the Indian Legacy
Mar 23 - Reading Quiz 9: Please have read Vietnam, 1700-1885: Disunity, Unity, and French Conquest in Modern Southeast Asia (106-116) and Cambodia, 1796-1885:Politics in a Tributary Kingdom in Modern Southeast Asia (117-122) for quiz.
Movie: The Scent of Green Papaya: Part 2

Week 11 - Apr 2/4/6: Vietnam and Cambodia
Apr 2 - Vietnam
Vietnam, 1700-1885: Disunity, Unity, and French Conquest in Modern Southeast Asia (106-116)

Vietnam
CIA Factbook
Capital City: HANOI
Date of Independence from France: Date: 02 Septmber 1945
Population: 84, 402, 966
Current Leader: President Truong My Hoa
Type of Government: Communist State

Ao Dai

Apr 4 - Cambodia
Cambodia, 1796-1885:Politics in a Tributary Kingdom in Modern Southeast Asia (117-122)
Apr 6 - Reading Quiz 10: Please have read Myanmar Becomes British Burma in Modern Southeast Asia (83-92) and Siam: From Ayutthaya to Bangkok in Modern Southeast Asia (93-105) for quiz.
Movie: Raise the Bamboo Curtain: Part 1

Cambodia
CIA Factbook
Capital City: PHNOM PENH
Date of Independence from France: Date: 09 November 1953
Population: 13, 881, 427
Current Leader: Prime Minister Hun Sen
Type of Government: Multiparty Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy

The traditional Khmer costume consisted of a shirt or blouse and a skirt-like lower garment: sampot for women and sarong for men, a tube-shaped garment about a meter wide and as much as three meters in circumference.

Made of cotton or of silk in many different styles and patterns, it is pulled on over the legs and fastened around the waist. On ceremonial occasions, elegant sampot as sarong, embroidered with gold or silver threads, may be worn with a long piece of material gathered at the waist, passed between the legs, and tucked into the waistband in back. Members of the urban middle and upper classes may wear Westernstyle clothing at work and more traditional clothing at home.

Week 12 - Apr 9/11/13: Thailand and Burma

Apr 9 - Thailand
Siam: From Ayutthaya to Bangkok in Modern Southeast Asia (93-105)

Thailand
CIA Factbook
Capital City: BANGKOK
Date of founding: 1238 (traditional founding date: never colonized)
Population: 64, 631, 595
Current Leader: Interim Prime Minister Surayut Chulanon
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy

Thai National Dress

Special Guest Speaker

Biographical Information: While pursuing his degrees, he lived and carried out research in Taiwan, Japan, and Germany. Upon completion of his final degree, Dr. Wittenborn took three months driving the "Overland India" route from London to New Delhi, India, including a two-week stay in Afghanistan. Dr. Wittenborn first turned to business and became a private entrepreneur in the travel and tourism field. This led him to start his own company which required extensive travel in Asia throughout the 1980s, including a two-year residence aboard a Yangtze River cruise ship in China. Since 1988, Dr. Wittenborn has been fully engaged in university teaching and research. He has taught at Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu, and locally at UC San Diego, Cal State San Marcos, and the University of San Diego.
B.A., Chinese & Japanese Literaure, San Francisco State University; M.A., International Relations, University of Oregon; Ph.D., Asian Studies, University of Arizona; SDSU faculties of Asian Studies and History
Scholarly Interests: Neo-Confucianism, Traditional and Modern Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Burma and Malaysia, Trade and Development in the Indian Ocean, Human Rights in Asia
Research: Arab-Chinese wars of the Tang Dynasty, Malay-Chinese and Muslim-Christians Conflicts in Indonesia, The role of the CIA in Chinese Nationalist Armies in Burma

Apr 11 - Burma
Myanmar Becomes British Burma in Modern Southeast Asia (83-92)

Burma
CIA Factbook
Capital City: RANGOON
Date of Independence from Great Britain: Date: 4 January 1948
Population: 47, 382, 633
Current Leader: Prime Minister Gen Soe Win
Type of Government: Military Junta

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI
DEFINING DEMOCRACY
"Freedom from Fear"
Thakore Acceptance Speech
http://www.dassk.org/
Biography
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html

Apr 13 - Reading Quiz 11: Please have read Laos to 1975 in Modern Southeast Asia (371-375) for quiz.
Movie: Raise the Bamboo Curtain: Part 2

Week 13 - Apr 16/18/20: Laos
Apr 16 - Laos
Laos to 1975 in Modern Southeast Asia (371-375)

Laos
CIA Factbook
Capital City: VIENTIANE
Date of Independence from France: Date: 19 July 1949
Population: 6, 368, 481
Current Leader: Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh
Type of Government: Communist State

Dress for a ceremonial precession

Hmoung Lai

APR 18:
QUIZ 3 - VIETNAM/ CAMBODIA/ BURMA/ THAILAND/ LAOS
EXAM - ALL ANSWERS FOUND IN POWERPOINTS

Apr 20 - Reading Quiz 12: Please have read Inheriting the "Moro Problem": Muslim Authority and Colonial Rule in British Malaya and the Philippines in The American Colonial State in the Philippines (118-147) and Becoming Indonesia 1900-1959 (296-311) for quiz.
Movie: Rizal: Part 1

MARITIME SOUTHEAST ASIA

Week 14 - Apr 23/25/27: The Maritime Region: Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Brunei
The juxtaposition of Christianity and Islam in Southeast Asia: Philippines and Indonesia
Apr 23 - Philippines
Islam in a Christian State
Muslim Separatism and the Bangsamoro Rebellion in Muslim Rulers and Rebels (138-169)
Inheriting the "Moro Problem": Muslim Authority and Colonial Rule in British Malaya and the Philippines in The American Colonial State in the Philippines (118-147)

Philippines
CIA Factbook
Capital City: MANILA
Date of Independence from United States of America: Date: 04 July 1946
Population: 89, 468, 677
Current Leader: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Type of Government: Republic

Ifugao Traditional Dress

The Maria Clara and Barong Tagalog

Apr 25 - Indonesia
Becoming Indonesia, 1900-1959 in Modern Southeast Asia (296-311)
Apr 27 - Reading Quiz 13: Please have read Singapore and Brunei in Modern Southeast Asia (422-430) for quiz.
Movie: Rizal: Part 2

Indonesia
CIA Factbook
Capital City: JAKARTA
Date of Independence from The Netherlands: Date: 17 August 1945
Population: 245, 452, 739
Current Leader: President Susilo Bambang
Type of Government: Republic

Indonesian National Dress

Week 15 - Apr 30 and May 2/4: Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei
Apr 30 - Malaysia
The Malay Negeri of the Peninsula and Borneo in Modern Southeast Asia (137-146)

Malaysia
CIA Factbook
Capital City: KUALA LUMPUR
Date of Independence from Great Britain: Date: 31 August 1957
Population: 24, 385, 858
Current Leader: Prime Minister Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy

On ceremonial occassions, the men wear the Baju Melayu consisting of a loose shirt and a pair of long trousers. A sarung known as sampin is wrapped around the waist and is left to hang half-way over the trousers. The headgear consists of a black fez-like cap known as a songkok, whereas on grander ocassions, a tanjak or tengkolok is donned.

Baju Kurung
The women usually wear baju kurung consisting of a loose-fitting blouse and a sarung; or the baju kebaya, a tight-fitting blouse and sarung.

May 2 - Singapore/Brunei
Singapore and Brunei in Modern Southeast Asia (422-430)
Culture Is Destiny - A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew
Is Culture Destiny? The Myth of Asia's Anti-Democratic Values - Kim Dae Jung
May 4 - No Reading Quiz but review for last Quiz
Movie: Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius

Singapore
CIA Factbook
Capital City: SINGAPORE
Date of Independence from Malaysian Federation: Date: 09 August 1965
Population: 4, 492, 150
Current Leader: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic

People of Singapore

Brunei
CIA Factbook
Capital City: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Date of Independence from Great Britain: Date: 01 January 1984
Population: 379, 444
Current Leader: Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Hassanal Bolkiah
Type of Government: Constitutional Sultanate

Children in Brunei

Week 16 - May 7:

MAY 7:
QUIZ 4 - PHILIPPINES/MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/BRUNEI DARUSSALAM/INDONESIA
EXAM - ALL ANSWERS FOUND IN POWERPOINTS

GROUP MOVIE PROJECT DUE MAY 7, 2007

FINALS WEEK - FREE

All maps are referenced to and are from the CIA Factbook of each country

Film Research Tips for AS101
From
Pamela Jackson
Information Literacy Librarian

Finding Full Text Articles

Journal Article Databases
The following databases are a good place to start for journal articles.
Try searching by the title of the film, the director, or a combination.
There may be some films for which you do not find relevant articles for your research (or for which you only find reviews of the film).

Tips for tackling research when not much has been written on a specific film include:
* See if there's any overall research about the director. This may lead to scholarly information about common themes used by the director that the student can then apply to an analysis of the film.
* See if there are resources that discuss the themes in Asian Cinema. Although the resource may not mention the chosen film in particular, students can apply what is said about the theme, films, and Asian culture to their analysis.

Databases can be accessed from the Library's webpage at: http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/databases/databases.shtml
* Film Literature Review (you can search by production title or person. You may also filter the search results to find articles only and weed out film reviews).
* Humanities Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index can be searched simultaneously via Web of Science.
* MLA International Bibliography
* You may also find articles in Proquest or Academic Search Premiere.

Books
Try searching the Library Catalog (http://libpac.sdsu.edu/) for Asian Cinema (or any specific culture and cinema, e.g. Chinese Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Korean Cinema, etc) or by the title of the film, the director or a lead actor.

Get started early on your book research!
Film is a popular area of study and the books are heavily used.
If a book you need is not owned by SDSU, checked out, or missing from our collection, you may request it from another library.
Here are the options (http://illiad.sdsu.edu/illiad/about/index.html):
* Circuit is a collaboration between SDSU, UCSD, USD and CSUSM. Books requested via Circuit usually arrive at our circulation desk within one day.
* Link+ is a collaboration of libraries across California and parts of Nevada. Books requested usually arrive at SDSU in about 3 days.
* Interlibrary Loan is a collaboration of libraries worldwide. It may take up to 2 weeks for books to arrive.

Film Research Guide
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/filmcriticism.shtml

Remember, you can always visit the librarians at the reference desk under the dome for research help or with using a database!

More...

Citing Lectures
Due to popular demand, here is the MLA format for citing lectures:
Lecturer's name. "Title of lecture." Meeting. Name of sponsoring organization. Location of lecture, date.
Note: If you do not know the title of the lecture, or the lecture does not have a title, simply write "lecture" or "address." (Without the quotation marks, of course.)
Examples:
Litfin, Karen. "Introduction to Political Economy." Political Science 203. University of Washington. Seattle, 16 October 2000.
LaVaque-Manty, Mika. "Gendered Citizenship Revisited." Political Science 318. University of Washington. Seattle, 16 October 2000.

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