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Academic Year 2000/2001
Rebel Without a Cause/Sweet Little Sixteen: The Social Construction of the Teenager in American Cult
ENGL 310
SP
This course studies the social construction of the teenager in the America of the 40s, 50s, and 60s through music, fiction, film and journalism in an attempt to understand why postwar America constructs this category and
defines it as a consumer culture.
MAJOR READINGS
Major readings not known
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Long paper, classroom presentations
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is a seminar in which students shall undertake individual research. Applying students should be prepared to indicate the areas of their purposed research. This course counts towards the English department's
historical knowledge requirement.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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