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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English
106-296/396 Imagining Hollywood |
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Credit Points: | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year | |
Coordinator: | Brett Farmer | |
Timetable: | Semester 1 | |
Contact: | One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week. Film screenings most weeks in separate screening sessions | |
Subject Description: | This subject looks at the ways that 'Hollywood' has been figured, and figures itself, across a range of texts and cultural practices. Topics to be covered include Hollywood and gossip (particularly in relation to the chat show and the fan magazine); the cult of the star; the figure of the 'fan' in popular culture; Hollywood as mass entertainment; Hollywood exhibition practices (from the 'Picture Palace' to the cinema complex to 'home entertainment'); and how ideas of Hollywood operate in particular subcultures (e.g. how a camp aesthetic draws on images of Hollywood). | |
Assessment: | Written work of not more than 5000 words. | |
Prescribed Texts: | Course reader available from the department. | |
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