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COMM 432
Commodifying Difference

Credit:  3 or 4 hours.


Same as LLS 435, AFRO 435, AAS 435, and GWS 435. See LLS 435.


Section Information
CRNTypeSectionTimeDays Location  Instructor
40443 lecture- discussion DG 03:00 PM - 04:20 PM MW  room 327
Gregory Hall 
Molina, I 
4 hours
An interdisciplinary examination of how racial, ethnic and gender difference is negotiated through media and popular culture, and how racial, ethnic and gendered communities use cultural forms to express identity and difference. Among the theoretical questions explored in the course are the politics of representation, ethnic/racial authenticity, cultural commodification and transnational popular culture. Some of the cultural forms examined are cultural festivals/parades, ethnic/race-based beauty pageants, cinematic and televisual texts and musical forms, such as Hip-Hop and Salsa.

40516 lecture- discussion DU 03:00 PM - 04:20 PM MW  room 327
Gregory Hall 
Molina, I 
3 hours
An interdisciplinary examination of how racial, ethnic and gender difference is negotiated through media and popular culture, and how racial, ethnic and gendered communities use cultural forms to express identity and difference. Among the theoretical questions explored in the course are the politics of representation, ethnic/racial authenticity, cultural commodification and transnational popular culture. Some of the cultural forms examined are cultural festivals/parades, ethnic/race-based beauty pageants, cinematic and televisual texts and musical forms, such as Hip-Hop and Salsa.