2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PCUL 1000 - Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture I

3 hours
This introduction to contemporary theories of popular culture focuses on transformations of Western conceptions of “the people,” “art,” “culture” and “representation.” The course will examine thinkers from Matthew Arnold, who argued in 1882’s Culture and Anarchy that culture was the “best that has thought and said in the world” to Stuart Hall, who argued a century later that “Popular culture is one of the sites where this struggle for and against a culture of the powerful is engaged.” Exploring various schools of thought, the course will allow participants to better understand the struggles over meaning that popular culture, from Michael Jackson to Miley Cyrus, help us negotiate in our everyday lives.



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