HHIS-211: Hist Entertainment&Media Dsgn

From the scripted spaces of the Baroque to the mediated streets of today's cities, from the birth of cinema to the manipulation of space in contemporary media, this history course explores worlds invented through technology. We learn how politics and the body are part of the convergence of media and entertainment from the nineteenth century arcade, to the vaudeville circuit, to Coney Island, to Theme Parks and themed cities; from early cinema to the late 20th century extension of the body through special effects and hidden effects, to the parallel worlds that invade us, and lure us. We also critically examine emerging trends and contemporary modes, and ruptures still remaining from media in the past, plus how the viewer responds to all these entertainment environments.