HIST 2113 Introduction to Cultural Studies
This introductory course is interdisciplinary in nature and combines anthropology, sociology, and history to study how cultural processes shape interpretations of historical experience. Students will learn pertinent methodologies and theories to use history as a lens to better understand how various modes of agency, identity, and values exist through the ideological, institutional, and performative workings of culture. Topics include: gender, race and ethnicity, nationhood and national identity, colonialism and post colonialism, and popular cultures.