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Black Popular Culture

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
TuTh 2p.m. – 3:15p.m.
McCormack M01-0619 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
TuTh 2p.m. – 3:15p.m.
Location
McCormack M01-0619
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course requires students to engage with Black/African diasporic cultural products intended for a mass audience. The macro-contents of American and global consumer capitalism and the micro- categories of ethnicity, gender, and sexualities are used as a framework for the critical analysis of production, consumption, and reception of African American popular culture in the US and abroad.

Prerequisites

a minimum of 30 credits or Permission of Instructor

This course is closed for registration.

Course Details