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AMST 3253W is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | AMST 3253W Section 001: American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present (19940)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankMayo Bldg/Additions C231
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (90 of 100 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Historical analysis of how popular arts represent issues of gender, race, consumerism, and citizenship. How popular artists define boundaries of citizenship and public life: inclusions/exclusions in polity and national identity. How popular arts reinforce/alter political ideologies.
- Class Description:
- What does popular culture have to do with politics? Everything. In this course, we will examine how the United States and life within it changed since World War II as a result of domestic and international struggles. We will explore the role popular culture played in this transformation. During these years the nation became an international power, altering the ways in which Americans understood their place in the larger world. A new consumer culture and domestic ideal became linked to American identity and Cold War politics. Within the United States, challenges to the mainstream took the form of a new counter culture, the assertion of black citizenship, and the rise of feminism; each demanding participation in public life and a redefinition of the gender and racial hierarchies of the past. At the same time, international conflicts, particularly the American war in Vietnam, created divisions in the nation that still affect us today. In this course, we will look particularly at the ways in which these conflicts at home and abroad--war, cold war, and culture wars--have changed the ways Americans think about themselves as citizens and the place of our nation in the world. We will focus particularly on American films, although we will also consider other popular media and arts. The course is designed for American Studies majors as well as non-majors in any field.
- Grading:
- 35% Quizzes
20% Class Participation
45% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: written work - term paper - Exam Format:
- essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Discussion
30% Other Style film viewing - Workload:
- 80-100 Pages Reading Per Week
10-15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: plus quizzes and exams - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19940/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 January 2016
Fall 2021 | AMST 3253W Section 002: American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present (22468)
- Instructor(s)
- Jennifer Doane (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon 01:25PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Historical analysis of how popular arts represent issues of gender, race, consumerism, and citizenship. How popular artists define boundaries of citizenship and public life: inclusions/exclusions in polity and national identity. How popular arts reinforce/alter political ideologies.
- Class Description:
- Is there a relationship between popular culture and politics? How has popular culture influenced left and right-wing political campaigns as well as civil rights, feminist, and LGBT political actions? In what ways have policies shaped how popular culture is produced and consumed? This class will explore these questions by tracing the complex connections between popular culture and politics in America since the start of WWII. Far from a standard history course, we will watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, read novels, and analyze comic books and video games in order to discuss how popular culture has expressed and engaged contemporary American politics and life.
- Grading:
- To be determined by instructor
- Class Format:
- To be determined by instructor
- Workload:
- To be determined by instructor
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22468/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 January 2016
Fall 2021 | AMST 3253W Section 003: American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present (22469)
- Instructor(s)
- Jennifer Doane (Secondary Instructor)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon 02:30PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Historical analysis of how popular arts represent issues of gender, race, consumerism, and citizenship. How popular artists define boundaries of citizenship and public life: inclusions/exclusions in polity and national identity. How popular arts reinforce/alter political ideologies.
- Class Description:
- Is there a relationship between popular culture and politics? How has popular culture influenced left and right-wing political campaigns as well as civil rights, feminist, and LGBT political actions? In what ways have policies shaped how popular culture is produced and consumed? This class will explore these questions by tracing the complex connections between popular culture and politics in America since the start of WWII. Far from a standard history course, we will watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, read novels, and analyze comic books and video games in order to discuss how popular culture has expressed and engaged contemporary American politics and life.
- Grading:
- To be determined by instructor
- Class Format:
- To be determined by instructor
- Workload:
- To be determined by instructor
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22469/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 January 2016
Fall 2021 | AMST 3253W Section 004: American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present (22470)
- Instructor(s)
- Hilary Abe (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 01:25PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Historical analysis of how popular arts represent issues of gender, race, consumerism, and citizenship. How popular artists define boundaries of citizenship and public life: inclusions/exclusions in polity and national identity. How popular arts reinforce/alter political ideologies.
- Class Description:
- Is there a relationship between popular culture and politics? How has popular culture influenced left and right-wing political campaigns as well as civil rights, feminist, and LGBT political actions? In what ways have policies shaped how popular culture is produced and consumed? This class will explore these questions by tracing the complex connections between popular culture and politics in America since the start of WWII. Far from a standard history course, we will watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, read novels, and analyze comic books and video games in order to discuss how popular culture has expressed and engaged contemporary American politics and life.
- Grading:
- To be determined by instructor
- Class Format:
- To be determined by instructor
- Workload:
- To be determined by instructor
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22470/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 January 2016
Fall 2021 | AMST 3253W Section 005: American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present (22471)
- Instructor(s)
- Hilary Abe (Secondary Instructor)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 02:30PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Historical analysis of how popular arts represent issues of gender, race, consumerism, and citizenship. How popular artists define boundaries of citizenship and public life: inclusions/exclusions in polity and national identity. How popular arts reinforce/alter political ideologies.
- Class Description:
- Is there a relationship between popular culture and politics? How has popular culture influenced left and right-wing political campaigns as well as civil rights, feminist, and LGBT political actions? In what ways have policies shaped how popular culture is produced and consumed? This class will explore these questions by tracing the complex connections between popular culture and politics in America since the start of WWII. Far from a standard history course, we will watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, read novels, and analyze comic books and video games in order to discuss how popular culture has expressed and engaged contemporary American politics and life.
- Grading:
- To be determined by instructor
- Class Format:
- To be determined by instructor
- Workload:
- To be determined by instructor
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22471/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 January 2016
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