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Academic Year 2002/2003

Sociology of Popular Culture
SOC 221 FA

This course is dedicated to the study of a realm of social life that many of us take for granted: popular culture. This course tries to uncover the hidden dynamics of everyday life and studies a particular realm of sociological imagination. It discusses what effect popular culture has on American democratic ideals.

MAJOR READINGS

FOR A FREE HUMANITY: FOR ANARCHY, Noam Chomsky/Chumbawamba
THE THEMING OF AMERICA - DREAMS, VISIONS AND COMMERCIAL SPACES (1997), Mark Gottdiener
RETHINKING POPULAR CULTURE, Chandra Mukerji
MAKE ROOM FOR TV, Lynn Spiegel
BLACK LOOKS, Bell Hooks
THE HEARTS OF MEN, Barbara Ehrenreich

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly assignments, attendance, handouts.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

The instructor of this course will not be using the on-line wait list. If you are interested in this course, please contact the instructor directly.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: SOC151

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Blackstone,Lee R.   
Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: BTFDC100
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 35)
SR. major: 17   Jr. major: 12
SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: X   SO: 6   FR: X

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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