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2012-2013 Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 393 - Popular Culture/High Culture

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Explores the meanings of cultural products from the perspectives of audiences and producers. Drawing on contemporary cultural theories, the course focuses on how people use culture and problematizes simple dichotomies between high and low culture, good and bad art, and authentic and imitative cultural artifacts. In addition, the courses deals with issues of cultural power, ideology, hegemony, resistance and agency in cultural products, both in mass media and high art forms. Odd years Fall.