MCS 152 (E-Z): Televisual Bodies

2009-10 2010-11 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2011-12 → 2010-11 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours

Catalog page 339

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Analyzes choreo- graphic practices within television broadcast and mar- keting and their relation to popular culture. Also examines situational or tactical use and misuse of satellite, cablecast, and broadcast television by unin- tentional audiences that subsequently reconstitute themselves as communities via the programming. Focuses on video as an archival and/or choreographic tool. J. Corporations and Corporealities: Commercials, Culture, and Choreography; K. Television as Location: The Satellite Feed; M. Music Television (MTV) and Popular Culture. Segments are repeatable. Cross-list- ed with DNCE 172 (E-Z). Fulfills the Fine Arts requirement in the College Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.