PSCI 5210
Politics and Popular Culture
A critical examination of the increasingly important intersections of politics and popular culture. Theoretical approaches such as structuralism, semiotics, political economy, feminism, and postmodernism explore such core themes as political power, dissent, globalization, (post)colonialism, gender, race, class, and sexuality in various media.
Topics
- structuralism
- semiotics
- political economy
- feminism
- postmodernism explore such core themes as political power
- dissent
- globalization
- (post)colonialism
- gender
- race
- class
- sexuality in various media
Course catalogue
2022
Readings
- John Storey, CULTURAL THEORY AND POPULAR CULTURE: AN INTRODUCTION, 9th edition (Routledge: New York, 2021). Available in hard copy at Carleton Bookstore, or digital rental for 180