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ENGL310
Rebel Without a Cause/Sweet Little Sixteen: The Social Construction of The Teenager In American Culture, 1948-64
ENGL310 SP
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 15 15 0
This course studies the social construction of the teenager
in the America of the forties, fifties, and sixties 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
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
Historicity requirement.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Friedberg, H
- Times: .T..... 1:10PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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