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Nov 28, 2024
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2020-2021 Interim Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIS 295-01 - Special Topic: Foundations of US Popular Culture4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: AMS 295-01 . Examines the creation and expansion of American and transnational popular culture in the nineteenth century, focusing on diverse cultural forms: dime novels, newspapers, music, sports, cartoons, material culture, theater, minstrel shows, magazines, etc. Focuses particularly on how ideas and structures of race, class, and gender were changed and reinforced by American popular culture and how popular culture created or changed power dynamics in society. Students study historical and interdisciplinary methods and theories of popular culture.
Prerequisite: HIS 100 or second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Purcell
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