Module code: SMLM040
Credits: 30.00
Contact: Dr Guy Westwell
This module examines American feature films of the Vietnam War such as The Green Berets, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter and Platoon. These movie and others are located within the wider war movie genre (extending lines of inquiry begun in the module 'Hollywood and the 2nd World War') and we will investigate how the war is mapped in relation to dismodules of gender, race, and social class. The tangled relationship between feature film representation and other cultural forms such as documentary film, war photography and television news coverage, will also be explored. Complimenting the module ‘History, Memory and Fiction in French Cinema', this module will also track how the Vietnam War movie has shaped American cultural memory since the war’s end and how ‘Vietnam’ continues to be a significant force in American cultural and political life.
Level: 7