SOCI 450 - Culture and the Metropolis

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University of San Diego

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Description:

Counts towards: CUC The city has been both the subject and the site of most forms of contemporary popular culture, as well as the guardian of high culture and the arts. This course explores this connection between city and culture. On the one hand, it looks at how urban communities, city spaces, and formal decision making within the modern metropolis facilitate the production and dissemination of a variety of cultural forms. On the other hand, it looks at a number of popular culture forms with an eye on how the city is represented in them. While this course emphasizes sociological analysis and social processes, its approach is interdisciplinary. It incorporates observations and knowledge coming out of the visual and fine arts, history, communication studies, psychology, and anthropology, and recognizes the contributions that these disciplines have made to our understanding of urban cultures.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sandiego.edu

Phone Number:

(619) 260-4600

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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