Cultural Influences in America | Analyze the influence of literature, music, film, historical events and the economy on American culture.
Term: Fall 2026
Course Type: Noncredit - 0 CEUs
Section: 903
Ways to take the class: Face-to-face
Days: M
Time: 12:30 PM to 03:30 PM
Start Date: 10/05/2026
End Date: 12/14/2026
Location: Off Campus
Room: Varies
Instructor: R. Striner (Subject to change)
Class Size: 20
Section Info: Pasadena Senior Center | Cultural Infl. America Film- Film Noir | This classic film genre that was given its name by French movie critics after World War II. It began with film adaptations of "hardboiled" crime thrillers that were written from the 1920s onward by novelists like Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and James M. Cain. Tough-as-nails detectives probe the murky depths of the human soul, reckoning with villains - some of them "black widow" female killers - who teach us to "watch our backs" as we make our way through a world that can be sinister beyond belief.