This course will provide the essential tools to conduct academic work in the field of historical and cultural studies. Hollywood’s fabled motion picture industry, which has long played a significant role in American cultural history, will serve as an overarching topic. From the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age, the studios’ struggle with censorship and their efforts during wartime, to critical discussions of race, gender, and class in an industry that propagates the American Dream, “La La Land” offers numerous topics for discussion. The course will offer an approach to academic research, writing, and presentation on Hollywood, its legends, and its movies.
- Trainer/in: Alexandra Schenke