AMST3253W

AMST 3253W - American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present (4 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics, Historical Perspectives, Writing Intensive

American Studies (10949) TCLA - College of Liberal Arts

AMST 3253W - American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present (4 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics, Historical Perspectives, Writing Intensive

Course description

Historical analysis of how popular arts represent issues of gender, race, consumerism, and citizenship. How popular artists define boundaries of citizenship and public life: inclusions/exclusions in polity and national identity. How popular arts reinforce/alter political ideologies.

Minimum credits

4

Maximum credits

4

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Discussion

Lecture

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Historical Perspectives, Civic Life and Ethics

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

Yes

Typically offered term(s)

Every Spring & Summer