CMS 04310 - Images of Gender in Popular Culture

Institution:

Rowan University

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Description:

Prerequisites: COMP 01112 or ENGR 01201 This course examines the concept of gender as it is rhetorically constructed in contemporary popular culture. Students will analyze how various cultural texts (such as advertisements, popular songs, television shows, or video games) communicate what it means to be masculine and feminine in U.S. culture. The course will examine how these images have changed historically and how depictions of race, class, and sexual identity also contribute to our understandings of gender in popular culture.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rowan.edu

Phone Number:

(856) 256-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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