HIS 356K Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: High Culture, Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinarity
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Check the syllabus for full list of books to buy. Every class, bring a notecard and be prepared to answer a question on the reading. Once in the semester, you"ll work in a group on a blogging assignment. Canvas for your group assignment and for more information. Not allowed in class unless you get permission. Working definition of culture; it"s components and properties. Culture has a moral and uplifting quality i. e. some culture is superior than other culture associated with beauty. Components of culture: what people think, what people do. Has traditional elements known meanings and directions, to which members are trained. Has creative elements new observations and meanings, which are offered and tested. New history of the 1960s & 1970s: women"s history (1970s - present, michael foucault (1960s - present) Looks at structures of power: main currents in american culture and what is at stake in identifying them. Popular culture studies (1980s) (didn"t get to this in class yet)
