This course works to identify, discuss, and analyze the following: themes, trends, concepts, and societal norms and behaviors associated with decades starting from the Prohibition Era and working towards the new millennium. The course will cover many facets of popular culture from all forms of media, to sports, fashion, and the influence of technology. Students will learn to situate popular culture within its social, historical, political, and economic contexts and their personal lives. This course studies American pop culture in regards to the following items: development and characteristics, its role in shaping our individual lives and key social institutions; and its broad effects on our globalizing world.
This is a one-semester course offered in the spring semester.