AMS 12 - Intro to US Popular Culture: Serious Fun!

3 units
Focuses on the relationships among power, representation, audience, historical context, and genre in American popular culture through the study of aesthetics, representation, visual technology, and public discourse. Develops a foundational understanding of the histories, practices, and aesthetic strategies that have shaped popular culture in the U.S., and explores the intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, colonialism, im/migration, and community identity that shape its production and consumption, as well as its potential as a platform for social change.

Satisfies C1: Arts.

Grading: Letter graded.

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