FGSS 3591

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FGSS 3591
Kids Rule! Children's Popular Culture

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

How is the figure of the child constructed in popular culture? When and to what degree do children participate in the construction of these representations? This course surveys a variety of contemporary media texts (television, film, and the internet) aimed at children ranging in age from pre-kindergarten to young adults. We explore how these texts seek to construct children as empowered consumers, contesting adult conformity. Our theoretical approach complicates definitions of childhood as a time of innocence and potential victimhood and challenges normative constructions of childhood as a time for establishing "proper" sexual and gender identities. Taking a cultural studies approach, the class will consider the connections between the cultural texts and the realms of advertising, toys, and gaming.

When Offered Fall or Spring.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, LA-AS, SCD-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3591

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19019 FGSS 3591   LEC 001

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    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Juffer, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person