Introduction to Cultural Studies

Typ: Seminar
SWS: 2
Credit Points: 4
Homepage: uni-potsdam.de

Kursbeschreibung / -kommentar

This course introduces students to the basic terms, analytical techniques and interpretive strategies commonly employed in Cultural Studies. Class members will learn to analyse concrete cultural phenomena in the UK, the USA or other Anglophone nations with the help of some of the field’s key concepts, including power, identity, class, ethnicity, gender and representation. Through classroom discussion and individual research students will acquire the foundation for more advanced course work in Cultural Studies.