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Winter 2020
Apr 19, 2024 |
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| INTD 1135 - British Popular Culture |
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*British Popular Culture*
George Orwell once described the English in terms of their fondness for “the pub, the football match, the back garden, the fireside, and the ‘nice cup of tea'." But what would he have made of the Sex Pistols or Amy Winehouse? In this course we will trace a particular arc through post-1945 British popular culture in order to ask how we got from Orwell to /The Office/, from the Rolling Stones to Radiohead. We will ask how film, music, and TV prepared the ground for important episodes in British history: the “special relationship” with the United States, the modernization of sexuality, the transformation from welfare state to free market capitalism, the slow passage toward a multicultural society.
0.000 OR 1.000 Credit hours 0.000 OR 1.000 Lecture hours 0.000 TO 2.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Screening Interdisciplinary Division Interdepartmental Department Course Attributes: ART, EUR, SOC, WTR Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Colleges: Undergraduate |
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