- To introduce the student to popular culture studies
- To help the student to understand different theoretical approaches to popular culture
- To make the student familiar with the new trends in popular culture studies.
| Course Name | The Study of Popular Culture |
| Course Code | 23EN802 |
| Program | Ph. D. in English Language & Literature |
| Credits | 4 |
Unit 1
Introduction to Popular culture
Beyond the first dimension: recent tendencies in popular culture studies- Clem Robyns
Unit 2
In defense of textual analysis: Restoring a challenged method for journalism and media studies– E Fürsich
Television as Historian: An Introduction- Gary Edgerton
Unit 3
Cultural studies, multiculturalism, and media culture- D Kellner
Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema – Laura Mulvey
Unit 4
Conspiracies of Meaning: Music-Hall and the Knowingness of Popular Culture- Peter Bailey
Systems of articulation, logics of change: Communities and scenes in popular music- Will Straw
Unit 5
Post-feminism and popular culture- Angela McRobbie
Riot Grrrl-Feminism-Lesbian Culture- M.C. Kearney
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