LGBS 122K: Sex and Popular Culture in the Postwar United States

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

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Prerequisites: upper-division standing or lower-division English course (other than composition) or consent of instructor

Description: Surveys American popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s from a sexuality studies perspective. Covers multimedia ranging from pulp novels and comic books to drive-in movies, television sitcoms, rock-and-roll music, and magazine advertisements. Includes relevant historical, critical, and theoretical readings.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with ENGL 122K.