From Wife Sales to Princess Di: Popular Culture since 1700

3 credits

The course covers Britain and North America; theories of popular culture; traditional popular art forms and rituals, including ballads, rough music and wife-sales; the press and the invention of new forms such as cartoons, comic strips and celebrity culture; the history of shopping and consumption; the fragmentation of popular culture. *** Prerequisite: Two HIST courses at the 200- or 300- level or Completion of 60 credit hours or permssion of Department Head ***