Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

HIST 4430 Hist US Civil War Era Film

This course will focus upon the contentious creation and evolution of the collective memories of the U.S. Civil War as reflected in and inflected by film. We will examine the dynamic and evolving ways in which these competing and contested memories of the Civil War Era in popular culture shaped Civil War themed films as well as the way that these films influenced prevailing memories.

Credits

3