School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsContemporary Popular CulturesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 100854.3
Discipline: SOCIETY AND CULTURE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Incompatible Units
VP204A - Reading Popular Culture, 63123 - Contemporary Popular Cultures
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 40 credit points at Level 1
About this Unit
This unit looks at popular culture in contemporary society and the ways it functions to give shape and meaning to social life. It considers issues around the politics of popular culture, questions of value, taste, subjectivity, resistance and pleasure. It invites students to reflect upon their own experiences of and relations to popular culture as well as those of others to develop skills of analysis and interpretation. It covers topics as diverse as shopping, TV Talk Shows, tattooing, celebrity and fandom.
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