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