FGSS 3591

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FGSS 3591
Kids Rule! Children's Popular Culture

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

How is the figure of the child constructed in popular culture? When and to what degree do children participate in the construction of these representations? This course surveys a variety of contemporary media texts (television, film, and the internet) aimed at children ranging in age from pre-kindergarten to young adults. We explore how these texts seek to construct children as empowered consumers, contesting adult conformity. Our theoretical approach complicates definitions of childhood as a time of innocence and potential victimhood and challenges normative constructions of childhood as a time for establishing "proper" sexual and gender identities. Taking a cultural studies approach, the class will consider the connections between the cultural texts and the realms of advertising, toys, and gaming.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (LA-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3591

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15932 FGSS 3591   LEC 001

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