Celebrity, Modernity, and Culture

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Covers the two main themes in the academic literature on celebrity. First, celebrity culture as globalized advanced capitalism and second, the social function of celebrity culture as an ideological system of meanings and values which provides resources for developing self-identities in late modern culture. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H, 3151H, and 2.0 additional credits at the 3000 level of which at least 1.0 must be SOCI.