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Cultural Theory and Popular Culture (ENL4001)
Semester 2 / 2011

Description

The objective of this course is to study the history of theories of culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Issues studied include the relation between culture and society, with a particular emphasis on Australian Cultural Studies, art and commodity production, and the emergence of popular culture in industrial and post-industrial societies. The course caters to the interests of literature, theatre and visual arts students and of practising English teachers using the secondary syllabus. It has both a theoretical component and a strong applied component, illustrating the relevance of cultural theory to the analysis of literature, visual arts, popular music, fashion, film, television and other popular texts.

Supplementary Texts

Bennet, T 1998, Culture: a reformer's science, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards.

Bennett, T & Carter, C (eds) 2001, Culture in Australia: policies, publics and programs, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Fiske, J 1991, Reading the popular, Routledge, London.

Frow, J 1995, Cultural studies and cultural values, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Storey, John 1998, An introduction to cultural theory and popular culture, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.

Storey, John (ed) 2006, Cultural theory and popular culture: a reader, 3rd edn, Prentice Hall, London.

Other Details

Current Campus: Toowoomba, External
Levels: Postgraduate
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