Academic Calendar - 2018 ARCHIVE
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2018ARCHIVE
Media, Information and Technoculture 3223F/G
TALES OF TINSELTOWN
This course examines representations of Hollywood in film, television, and print. From Day of the Locust (1939) to Tropic Thunder (2008), we explore Hollywood as a model for what constitutes the "real" in contemporary culture, and how these representations inform the American political landscape and constructions of sexuality, desire, and identity.
Antirequisite(s): MIT 2406G if taken in 2010-11 or MIT 2406F in 2011-12 or 2012-13 or the former MIT 2307F/G.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth:
CATEGORY A
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Subject Code: MIT
Media, Information and Technoculture 3223F/G
TALES OF TINSELTOWN
This course examines representations of Hollywood in film, television, and print. From Day of the Locust (1939) to Tropic Thunder (2008), we explore Hollywood as a model for what constitutes the "real" in contemporary culture, and how these representations inform the American political landscape and constructions of sexuality, desire, and identity.
Antirequisite(s): MIT 2406G if taken in 2010-11 or MIT 2406F in 2011-12 or 2012-13 or the former MIT 2307F/G.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.