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05/31/2025 at 10:30 PM
HIST408O
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Senior Seminar; Horror and American History
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
GenEd: DSSP
In history and cinema, we tend to love happy endings, but American history from the killing of people presumed to be witches to chattel slavery and war has been consistently marked by horror and terrible events. This research seminar will examine selected case studies of the 'horrible' in U.S. history and explore how this 'horrible' has been represented and 'digested' in American mass-marketed culture.