COM 3770 - Special Topics in Popular Culture

3 cr

In-depth application of cultural, linguistic and political-economic theory to a specific aspect of popular culture, that is, the everyday practices of people as consumers of goods, information and entertainment. Topics to be offered could be: the role of culinary codes of taste cultures in defining and communicating “America,” the role of dress and accessories in demarcating gender, ethnic and sexual identities or the role of consumption in constructing national or parochial affiliations.
Prerequisite: COM 1050 or permission of instructor.
Spring, even years