CHIN 219
Popular Culture in Modern China
Last Offered Spring 2008
Division I
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

This course adopts a generic approach to introducing students to a variety of forms of popular culture in modern and contemporary China. The forms of popular culture studied include popular readings (fiction, newspapers, magazines), advertisements, propaganda posters, popular music, television shows, film, and popular religious movements. We will explore such themes as the definitions of “popular culture,” globalization and cultural trends, the encoding and decoding strategies of a popular “text,” as well as the political, ideological and sociological messages behind a popular “text.” All readings in English.
The Class: Format: lecture/discussion
Expected: 15
Class#: 3385
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will be based on in-class participation, oral presentations, two short response papers, one midterm, and one final research project
Prerequisites: none; no Chinese language required, though students with Chinese language background are encouraged to work with Chinese sources if they wish; open to all
Distributions: Division I
Attributes: INST East Asian Studies Electives

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