WGSS 280EYouth Pop Culture in No.Africa

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Course required for Africana Major/Minor. This course will provide students an introduction to critical issues and approaches in the study of recent NORTH AFRICA AND Arabic youth culture, their response and participation in the modern popular culture of that area. We will explore the ways in which young NORTH AFRICANS AND YOUTHS IN THE ARAB WORLD [Arabs] are both users of and are used by popular culture. As well, we will explore their attitudes, interests and aspirations through the various media: film, T.V., print, music to examine cultural expressions within young people's groups throughout the NORTH AFRICAN AND Arabic World. Collective and individual responses to the post-colonial nation state and globalization are among the themes we will examine. The course will also compare cultural characteristics (shared and regional) as manifested in new identities, traditions, customs, social character, artistic and creative expression and even language.