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.
Units
3
Grade Basis
Regular Grades
Course Attributes
Gen Ed Attribute: Diversity and Equity
Gen Ed Attribute: World Cultures and Societies
Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities