Course Schedule
CHN 245 – Chinese Popular Culture
Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis · Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
This course is an introduction to contemporary Chinese popular culture. It explores popular culture's relations to social change, public spaces, the state, individual freedom, collective justice, national identity and globalization.
This course is an introduction to contemporary Chinese popular culture. It explores popular culture's relations to social change, public spaces, the state, individual freedom, collective justice, national identity and globalization.
CHN 245 – Chinese Popular Culture
Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis · Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities · Gen Ed Attribute: Diversity and Equity · Gen Ed Attribute: World Cultures and Societies · Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
This course introduces four basic aspects of Chinese popular culture: mass media, everyday life, folklore, and arts. It examines how the development of mass media (print culture, radio, film, television, music, the internet, and social media) reflects changes of Chinese culture, society, and politics since the early 20th century. Moreover, the course discusses how popular culture is practiced in everyday life by exploring such topics as work and employment, labor and migration, leisure and consumption, housing, individual creativity, collective justice, gender, sexuality, and arts.
This course introduces four basic aspects of Chinese popular culture: mass media, everyday life, folklore, and arts. It examines how the development of mass media (print culture, radio, film, television, music, the internet, and social media) reflects changes of Chinese culture, society, and politics since the early 20th century. Moreover, the course discusses how popular culture is practiced in everyday life by exploring such topics as work and employment, labor and migration, leisure and consumption, housing, individual creativity, collective justice, gender, sexuality, and arts.