PICTURES, MEDIA & US POLITICS

Catalog description

This history course examines relationships between images and politics from the American Revolution to the present. The course focuses on the developments in image technology and U.S. politics. In doing so, students will trace the rise of a national visual culture and modern political campaigns. Students will read history scholarship and analyze pictures from periods we study. The class will visit image collections throughout Boston to engage with historical prints, photographs and other visual materials. Prerequisite: completion of English Sequence (4 credits)