ETST 189: Popular Culture and the Production of Race

2008-09 2009-10 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2012-13 → 2012-13 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours

Catalog page 272

Prerequisites: ETST 001 or ETST 001H, ETST 100; or consent of instructor

Description: Offers an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach to the study of various popular film and television genres in relation to the produc- tion—and contestation—of racial meaning. Concerned with the material significance of film and television as, simultaneously, “entertainment,” “pleasure,” “mass culture,” “(self-)representation,” and “cultural resist- ance or insurgency.” Fulfills the Humanities require- ment for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2022-23 17/45 2/30 19/75
2019-20 28/65 9/25 37/90
2016-17 42/63 42/63