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GWS 435
Commodifying Difference
Credit: 3 or 4 hours.
Same as LLS 435, AFRO 435, AAS 435, and COMM 432. See LLS 435.
Section Information
| CRN | Type | Section | Time | Days | Location | Instructor |
| 40446 | lecture- discussion | EG | 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.
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| 40517 | lecture- discussion | EU | 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.
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