Teaching American Media and Popular Culture: Expansion, Inclusion, Interdisciplinarity
This is a reflection on my experiences in teaching American media at the Swedish Institute for American studies from 2015 to 2021. By way of concrete descriptions of classes taught and topics raised, I make a case for an approach to popular media that looks beyond both an all-too-limited focus on “...
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| Language: | English |
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CBS Open Journals
2024-12-01
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| Series: | American Studies in Scandinavia |
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| Online Access: | https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/7379 |
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| Summary: | This is a reflection on my experiences in teaching American media at the Swedish Institute for American studies from 2015 to 2021. By way of concrete descriptions of classes taught and topics raised, I make a case for an approach to popular media that looks beyond both an all-too-limited focus on “mass media” and the text-centric, hermeneutically based discussions about media representations that have otherwise been the most common way of engaging with media in American studies. I also discuss challenges of interdisciplinarity that are a key concern not only when teaching media, but for the field of American studies more broadly.
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| ISSN: | 0044-8060 |