Gender and Popular Culture
General
Prefix
GWS
Course Number
330
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality in popular culture. Students will develop critical analytical skills and an understanding of how marginalized groups are portrayed in the media.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
06
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Learn the basic cultural studies concepts that inform popular culture analysis and become adept at using them to study the cultural meaning of various popular culture sites.
Outcome
Recognize and analyze representations of gender, race, class, and sexual identity in various popular culture mediums and will explore the power dynamics that inform those representations and the sociopolitical effects of those portrayals.
Outcome
Learn how to apply popular culture analysis to different mediums, such as film, advertising, televison, public spaces, and so on, and to understand the cultural meaning of the interactions of those different mediums.
Outcome
Analyze the relationships between textual production and audience reception and critically analyze the implications of different audience reactions to popular culture sites.
Outcome
Learn how feminism informs the study of popular culture.