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Academic Year 2003/2004

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.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: SOC151 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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