Another interesting approach might be to look at possible reasons why American Film developed as it did and use a classic like Benjamin Hampton's History of the American Film Industry which is sort of like Christopher Wren: if you would see his monument, look around you. Julie Jenkins On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:56:22 -0700 William Lingle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > An interesting place to begin is the chapter "American Motion Pictures and > the New Popular Culture, 1893-1918" in Dan Czitrom's Media and the American > Mind. I use this in three courses with good results. > > William Lingle > > --On Mon, Oct 8, 2001 1:26 PM -0400 Ellene Phufas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I will be teaching a course called American Film after having taught > > Intro to Cinema for several years. Can anyone recommend a strategy for > > such a course? I have always focused on the technical and directorial > > contributions of films but I would like to try a different focus, the > > relationship between US cultural history and films perhaps? > > Any suggestions would be most welcome including a recommendation for a > > text and films. > > Eleni Phufas > > > > ---- > > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > William M. Lingle Phone: 503.434.2521 > Department of Communication Fax: 503.434.2566 > Linfield College Email: [log in to unmask] > McMinnville OR 97128-6894 > USA > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite