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AS151: American Popular Culture: Gender and the Family
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Film, television, the Internet, advertising, music, news media, best-selling fiction--these are only some of the forms of popular culture that we encounter every day in the United States. Far from being "just entertainment," popular culture helps shape values, ideas, and attitudes in American life. This course focuses on how popular culture has both reflected and influenced concepts of the family and of male and female identity in the Untied States from the 1940s to the present. From the Cleavers to the Cosbys, from James Dean to the Brat Pack, from '50s rock-n-roll to rap, the popular culture of this era gives us insights into some of the assumptions that shape American values, policy, and social practice. Students will have an opportunity to pursue projects on topics that interest them and will learn strategies for successful and rewarding popular culture analysis. At the same time, students will hone their writing and speaking skills; this classroom setting is highly interactive, and we will work together to understand our texts and their significance for their times.
Your Professor
Dr. Emily Mieras enjoys teaching about popular culture because the class offers a chance to analyze cultural phenomena that we often take for granted and to figure out how they help create meaning in American life. Dr. Mieras teaches a range of classes in American Studies on such topics as multiculturalism, consumer culture, and women's and gender history. She also teaches in the Women and Gender Studies program at Stetson. Her research projects include a history of college students' community service work in the Progressive Era and an investigation into contemporary planned communities in the United States.
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