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Nov 22, 2024
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2019 - 2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIS 326-01 - 19th Century American Pop Culture4 credits (Fall)
Students in this seminar will examine the creation and expansion of American popular culture in the nineteenth century as they focus on diverse cultural forms: dime novels, newspapers, music, sports, cartoons, material culture, theater, minstrel shows, magazines, etc. The seminar will focus particularly on how ideas and structures of race, class, and gender were changed and reinforced by American popular culture. Research papers will analyze popular culture in a historical context to consider how popular culture created or changed power dynamics in American society.
Prerequisite: Any 100-level history course or any 200-level American History course.
Instructor: Purcell
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