FOLK-F 253 FOLKLORE AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (3 CR.)
Basic theoretical approaches to the study of folklore, emphasizing the relationship to other social science disciplines such as semiotics and anthropology.
1 classes found
Fall 2024
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 31160 | Open | 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | MW | JH 001 | Dobler R |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 31160: Total Seats: 40 / Available: 1 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- IUB GenEd S&H credit
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- IUB GenEd S&H credit
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: Folklore & popular culture
This course will familiarize students with major trends in the scholarly approach to American popular culture with a particular emphasis on the relationship between pop culture and folk culture. Pop culture has been critiqued as impersonal, corrupted by commercial forces, and made up of lazy or guilty pleasures. It has also been celebrated as a malleable field of expression in which consumers actively create meaning and negotiate identity, often subversively. We will explore a variety of arguments and pop cultural artifacts as we study the entanglements and productive intersections of folk and pop culture. We will use insights from traditional areas of folklore studies like rumor, legend, folk art, folk belief, and material culture to develop a deeper understanding of popular culture through examples drawn from film, television, the internet, comic books, fan cultures, and many other areas of our modern, mass-mediated world.
The College of Arts