CAST 412 - Identity and Difference in American Popular Culture

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 2HU, 2SS, CD, WR

This course analyzes the production and reception of popular cultural forms in order to study issues of identity, power, agency, and social change. Students will examine particular case studies in media such as television, film, comics, music, and performance in historical, social, economic and political context, with particular attention to issues of race, gender, class, and sexuality. This course provides theoretical and methodological tools to consider the relationship of cultural production, consumer culture, and marginalization. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Instructor: M. Raimondo