Special Topics in Film and Media History: Revisiting Weimar Culture

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This course explores the art, politics and culture of the Weimar Republic, the period between the defeat of Germany in World War I and Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. It focuses on film and visual culture, with attention to questions of gender, sexuality, and class. It examines questions of history and historiography as well as the work of theorists who proposed new ways of thinking about art, popular culture, and technological innovation that remain resonant today.