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WEEK 1
Tuesday, Sept. 1 – INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
no readings due
Thursday, Sept. 3 – SEX / GENDER IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Anne Fausto-Sterling. 2000. "Dueling Dualisms." In her, Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. New York: Basic Books. Pages: 1-29.
Friday, Sept. 4 - Short writing assignment due at 5pm by email
WEEK 2: THE POWER AND POINT OF POP CULTURE
Tuesday, Sept. 8
Henry Jenkins, Tara McPherson, and Jane Shattuc. 2002. "Defining Popular Culture." From, Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture. Henry Jenkins, Tara McPherson, and Jane Shattuc, eds. Durham: Duke University Press. Pages: 26-41.
Douglas McGray. 2002. "Japan's Gross National Cool." Foreign Policy, May-June: 44-54.
Thursday, Sept. 10
Viewing due: This Film is not yet Rated. 2005. Kirby Dick, dir. 98 minutes.
Friday, Sept. 11 - Short writing assignment due at 5pm by email
WEEK 3: REPRESSION OR EXPRESSION?
Tuesday, Sept. 15
Horkheimer and Adorno. 2002 [1947]. "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception." In their, Dialectic of Enlightenment. Stanford: Stanford UP. Pages: 94-136.
David Denby. 1996. "Buried Alive: Our Children and the Avalanche of Crud." New Yorker. July 15. Pages: 51-58.
* Definition assignment due at 12 midnight (on Monday, Sept. 14th) with your discussion questions -- details are here *
Thursday, Sept. 17
Earnest Cashmore. "Crack in the Wall." In his, The Black Culture Industry. London: Routledge. Pages: 1-12.
Henry Giroux. 2004. "Are Disney Movies Good for your Kids?" In, Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction Of Childhood. Shirley Steinbery and Joe Kincheloe, eds. Boulder: Westview Press. Pages: 164-180.
Ruthann Mayes-Elma. 2004. "Got Agency? Representation of Women's Agency in Harry Potter." In, Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction Of Childhood. Shirley Steinbery and Joe Kincheloe, eds. Boulder: Westview Press. Pages: 181-206.
Friday, Sept. 18 - Short writing assignment due at 5pm by email
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WEEK 4: BOOKS
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Janice Radway. 1991. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature. Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina Press.
Chapters 2 and 3, pages 46-118.
Thursday, Sept. 24
Janice Radway. 1991. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature. Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina Press.
Chapter 4, pages 119-156.
Friday, Sept. 25 - Short writing assignment due at 5pm by email
WEEK 5: BOOKS
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Writing Workshop, Part I
*no reading or writing due*
Thursday, Oct. 1
Janice Radway. 1991. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature. Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina Press.
Chapters 5 until the end of the book, pages 157-222.
Friday, Oct. 2 - Thesis draft for the first short paper due at 5pm by email
WEEK 6: GENDER BENDING
Tuesday, Oct. 6
Jennifer Robertson. 1998. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. Berkeley: UC Press.
Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2, pages: 1-88
Thursday, Oct. 8
Jennifer Robertson. 1998. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. Berkeley: UC Press.
Chapter 3, pages: 89-138
Friday, Oct. 9 - First short paper due at 5pm by email
WEEK 7: POPULAR PERFORMANCES
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Fall Break – no class
Thursday, Oct. 15
Jennifer Robertson. 1998. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. Berkeley: UC Press.
Chapters 4 and 5, pages: 139-208
Viewing: Dreamgirls. 1994. Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, dir. 42 minutes.
Friday, Oct. 16 - Short writing assignment due at 5pm by email
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WEEK 8: TELEVISION
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Purnima Mankekar. 1999. Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India. Durham: Duke UP.
Chapters 1 and 2: READ 1-42; SKIM 45-50; READ 50-103
Thursday, Oct 22
Purnima Mankekar. 1999. Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India. Durham: Duke UP.
Chapter 3: READ 165-196; SKIM 196-210; READ 210-223.
Friday, Oct. 23 - No short writing assignment due
WEEK 9: CONSUMING AND REPRODUCING IMAGES
Tuesday, Oct. 27
Writing Workshop, Part II
* no reading or writing due*
Thursday, Oct. 29
Purnima Mankekar. 1999. Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India. Durham: Duke UP.
Chapter 7: READ 289-333.
viewing due: Be Kind, Rewind. 2008. Michael Gondry, dir. 105 minutes.
Friday, Oct. 30 - Short writing assignment due at 5pm by email
WEEK 10: HIP HOP
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Tricia Rose. 2008. "Introduction" and "Hip Hop Demeans Women." In her, The Hip Hop Wars: What we talk about when we talk about hip hop – and why it matters. New York: Basic Books.
Pages: 1-30 and 113-131.
Thursday, Nov. 5
Tricia Rose. 2008. "Hip Hop is not Responsible for Sexism" and "'There are Bitches and Hoes." In her, The Hip Hop Wars: What we talk about when we talk about hip hop – and why it matters. New York: Basic Books.
Pages: 149-166 and 167-186.
Friday, Nov. 6 - Thesis draft for second short paper due at 5pm by email
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WEEK 11: THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Viewing due: Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. 1999. Byron Hurt, dir. 54 minutes.
Viewing due: Say My Name. 2009. Nirit Peled, dir. 93 minutes.
Thursday, Nov. 12
Andrea Dworkin. 1989. "Introduction." In her, Pornography: Men Possessing Women. New York: Plume Books.
Pages: xii -xl.
Catherine MacKinnon. 1992. "Pornography, Civil Rights and Speech." In, Pornography: Women, Violence, and Civil Liberties. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Pages: 456-511.
Friday, Nov. 13 - Second short paper due at 5pm by email
WEEK 12: THE GREAT PORNOGRAPHY DEBATE
Tuesday, Nov. 17
No new readings
Thursday, Nov. 19
* No class meeting *
Friday, Nov. 20 - Short writing assignment due at 5pm by email
WEEK 13: THE GREAT PORNOGRAPHY DEBATE
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Gayle Rubin. 1993. "Misguided, Dangerous and Wrong: An analysis of anti-pornography politics." In, Bad Girls and Dirty Pictures: The Challenge to Reclaim Feminism. London: Pluto Press.
Pages: 18-40.
Katherine Kinnick. 2007. "Pushing the Envelope: The Role of the Mass Media in the Mainstreaming of Pornography." In, Pop-Porn: Pornography in American Culture. Ann Hall and Mardia Bishop, eds. Wesport: Praeger.
Pages: 7-26.
Hannah B. Harvey and Karen Robinson. 2007. "Hot Bodies on Campus: The Performances of Porn Chic." In, Pop-Porn: Pornography in American Culture. Ann Hall and Mardia Bishop, eds. Wesport: Praeger.
Pages: 57-74.
Thursday, Nov 26
Thanksgiving break
Friday, Nov. 20 - Ongoing writing assignment
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WEEK 14: BROADCAST MASCULINITY
Tuesday, Dec. 1
David Nyland. 2007. Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio. Albany: SUNY Press.
Chapters 1 through 3, pages: 1-52.
Thursday, Dec. 3
David Nyland. 2007. Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio. Albany: SUNY Press.
Chapters 4 and 5, pages: 53-110.
* Thursday, Dec 3 - Final paper rough draft due in class to me and members of your small group
WEEK 15: FINAL REFLECTIONS
Tuesday, Dec. 8
David Nyland. 2007. Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio. Albany: SUNY Press.
Chapters 6 though 9, pages: 111-164.
Thursday, Dec. 10
Final thoughts and future questions
* Thursday, Dec 10 - Comments on your group’s drafts due in class to me and members of your small group
Your final paper is due at 5pm via email on December 21st.
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