HIS 215 - Foundations of US Popular Culture

4 credits (Fall or Spring)

Cross-listed as: AMS 215. Students in this course will examine the creation and expansion of U.S popular culture in the nineteenth century as they focus on diverse cultural forms: dime novels, newspapers, music, sports, cartoons, theater, minstrel shows, magazines, etc. The course will focus particularly on how ideas and structures of race, class, and gender were changed and reinforced by American popular culture and will consider theoretical issues involved in the study of popular culture.

Prerequisite: HIS 100 with grade S, C, or better, or second-year standing.
Instructor: Purcell