Popular Culture

Catalog description

The course explores the historical, theoretical, political, economic, and global factors that influence the construction and consumption of popular culture from a sociological perspective. The course investigates representations of intersectional social identities involving race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in popular culture through the critical analysis of film, television, music, print and digital media. 54 hours lecture. ADGE: 4; Transfer: CSU, UC; Cal-GETC: 4.