This course explores the complex web of beliefs,,practices, ideas, and expressions that has shaped,the human world in all times and places. Students,examine power and identity, how popular culture,and mass media influence our beliefs, the power of,subcultures and countercultures, and the complex,ways in which we find meaning in our world. Key,debates within cultural studies will be,considered, covering topics such as defining what,”culture” is, the history and value of “mass,culture,” the meaning of “ideology,” what racism,is and how it works, and the politics of gender,and sexuality.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: WRT 102