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This course aims at introducing students to a variety of scholarly contributions and concepts used for the analysis of American culture. It focuses on different media and forms of cultural representation and studies theoretical approaches to a variety of concerns. Addressed are theories on concepts such as representation and signs, discourse and power, memory and time, race and critical whiteness studies, gender and queer discourses, class and popular culture. The students are encouraged to reflect critically on the ways these theories are engaged in the production of knowledge about symbolic and material practices. |