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This seminar gives participants a forum for the exploration of one of the major social movements defining the Age of Reform, exerting a major influence on various cultural formations of the 19th and early 20th century, culminating in the institution of prohibition in 1920: The Temperance Movement. In this seminar, we will examine the Transatlantic history of the movement, its entanglements with other reform causes of its times in the US, and its lasting impact. Central to the course will be the analysis of the unique texts this movement engendered, chief amongst them temperance plays, biographical reports, pamphlets, and posters. We will investigate these texts’ propagandistic qualities, their discursive alignment with hegemonic ideologies, but also explore interpretations that go beyond such readings as we contextualize and historicize our sources. The course will be taught in a Moodle-based, asynchronous manner, with voluntary synchronous activities taking place at regular intervals. E-mails containing the link to the Moodle-course and further relevant information will be dispatched at the end of the registration period. Information regarding specific course requirements will be provided in the first week of the semester. |
