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HISTORY 400CP      American Social Film: Silver Screen And The American Dream
This course will combine American social history and American film history. Using Hollywood entertainment films, the course will look at Hollywood as an indicator of social, political, and economic conditions in the U.S. from the early 1900s to the late 1950s. The main topics are war and the threat of war, poverty and affluence, racial tensions, censorship, and political zealotry. A paper is required, and a social history textbook, a film history textbook, a play by Arthur Miller and a collection of articles constitute core readings. This course is offered as a cluster with AMER-ST 300CD, COMM-ST 402CD and ENGLISH 300CD.
Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences
Department: History
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