Gender and Popular Culture

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This course examines the theoretical and practical ways that popular culture represents, creates, and challenges stereotypes of women, men, and differently gendered people. Students will explore dominant strategies and theories used in the creation and analysis of advertising, television, music, movies, and popular literature, as well as the emerging commercial media of Internet advertising, digitized movies, and blogs. We will focus primarily, but not exclusively on popular culture experienced within (or exported from) the United States. Components: Class GE: SBS Social & Behavioral Sci Prereqs/Coreqs: P: ENGLISH 1230 and WOMGENDR 1130 Typically Offered: Occasionally