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Course Listings

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Course Descriptions

197.  American War in Film:  This course examines the twentieth and early-twenty first century confluence between 1) film as preeminent medium of entertainment, information, and historical knowledge; and 2) United States war making.  Have Hollywood blockbusters, documentary films, prime time tv shows, network news broadcasts, and Youtube videos encouraged American men and women to fight, kill, and die overseas?  What contribution has film made to American culture of war over the past one hundred years?  Does film have the capacity to discourage war?  What is distinctive about moving pictures compared to other types of textual representations of war?