Art History and Visual Culture Studies 258A - ST:Visual Representation in Consumer Culture Corey

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Whitman College

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Description:

This course traces the study of American consumer culture beginning with historical perspectives on societies of mass culture. We will survey consumption in theory and in practice throughout the twentieth century and then turn to consumer culture in the new millennium. In exploring theories of representation and the politics of taste and class, we will engage the central topics and themes surrounding advertising and promotional culture, consumerism and lifestyle, as well as built environments such as shopping malls. This course focuses on aesthetics, identity politics, and consumption as a signifying practice. May be elected as Rhetoric and Film Studies 380 B.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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