AN 228

Introduces students to global popular culture and cultural performance by exploring the social relevance of things such as carnival, sports and prime-time soap operas in national identity formation. At the same time, the course addresses the contested character of these social practices by looking at their potentially subversive use in the context of cultural resistance to dominant ideas. It fosters understanding of people's uses of cultural practices in the negotiation of power imbalances and alternative values. <br>