Introduction to cultural studies II
Terry Threadgold
6 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: Normally CLS1040
Continuing the work of CLS1040, this subject will examine (a) a series of popular culture genres and texts drawn from a wide variety of contexts, including soap opera, talkback and confessional television and radio, romance, crime and science fiction in film, television and the popular novel; (b) the ethnography of popular subcultures, especially youth cultures; and (c) the analysis and development of private and public cultural policy.
Assessment
One essay (2000 words): 40% * One examination (2 hours): 40% * Tutorial work: 20%
Recommended texts
Barthes R Mythologies (tr. A Lavers and C Smith) Paladin, 1973
Bennett T (ed.) Popular fiction: technology, ideology, production, reading Routledge, 1990
Bennett T and others (eds) Celebrating the nation: A critical study of Australia's bicentenary Allen and Unwin, 1992
Cawelti J G Adventure, mystery and romance: Formula stories as art and popular culture Chicago UP, 1976
Craven I (ed.) Australian popular culture Cambridge UP, 1994
Cunningham S Framing culture: Criticism and policy in Australia Allen and Unwin, 1992
During S (ed.) The cultural studies reader Routledge, 1993
Eco U The role of the reader: Explorations in the semiotics of texts Hutchinson, 1981
Frow J and Morris M (eds) Australian cultural studies: A reader Allen and Unwin, 1993
Haraway D J Simians, cyborgs and women: The reinvention of nature Routledge, 1991
Hebdige D Subculture: The meaning of style Methuen, 1979
Modleski T Loving with a vengeance: Mass-produced fantasies for women Methuen, 1982
Moran A and O'Regan T (eds) The Australian screen Penguin, 1989
Radway J A Reading the romance: Women, patriarchy and popular literature Verso, 1987
Ross A Strange weather: Culture, science and technology in the age of limits Verso, 1991
Turner G National fictions: Literature, film and the construction of Australian narrative Allen and Unwin, 1986
Willis P Common culture Open UP, 1990
The Polity reader in cultural theory Polity Press, 1993