HIST 300

Fall 2014 All Classes

All Classes

Topics in Film and History

Credit: 3 hours.

Examines films as a significant medium of commentary on society and history. Explores the motives and careers of moviemakers, the ways in which films are influenced by their audiences, and how audiences' perception of historical processes are affected by films. Topics will vary.

Same as MACS 300. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: A course in History and/or a course in Cinema Studies.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.uiuc.edu.

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HIST 300 class schedule data for fall 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	34346	Lecture-Discussion	A	3:00PM -3:50PM	MWF	431 Armory	Jordan, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Title: Fading to Black Section Info: Topic: Fading to Black: African American History Through Film. Description: This course examines the varied representations of black Americans in film throughout the 20th century. It addresses the ways in which, at any given moment, the history of blacks in film has mirrored the broader historical trends surrounding racial knowledge in American society. However, this course also makes the case that such trends have in turn been directly influenced by black filmic history. This course covers a host of topics including blackface minstrelsy and the earliest popular depictions of blackness, the "race films" of the 40's, 50's and 60's that grappled with the decline of Jim Crow and the birth of Civil Rights, and the emergence of Black Power as a political ideology in the late 60's and 70's alongside the rise of so-called "blaxploitation films." Ultimately, this course has in mind the goals of reevaluating what historical sources are and can be while challenging us to find new ways to "read" such sources in order to learn about the past and contemporary society.