| Course Title: Art and Society |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course explores the interconnections between art and society using a sociological lens. We will examine topics such as the social construction of cultural authenticity; the relationship between cultural capital and group boundaries; and the legitimation of art forms. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Patricia Banks | pbanks@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | PORT - Porter Hall | 108 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FYSEM0001 | First-Year Seminar | This is a First-Year Seminar. |
| NXMAP0001 | NXMAP: Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public History | This course is approved for the Museums, Archives, and Public History Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Fashion and Its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing Author: , Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780226924830 Publisher: |
Required | 34.00 |
| Title: Hollywood Highbrow: From Entertainment to Art Author: , Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780691125275 Publisher: |
Required | 57.50 |
| Title: Artifacts and allegiances : how museums put the nation and the world on dis Author: , Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780520286078 Publisher: |
Required | 29.95 |
| Title: Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel Author: Childress, Clayton Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780691191874 Publisher: Princeton University Press |
Required | 24.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The Baumann (Hollywood Highbrow), Childress (Under the Cover), and Levitt (Artifacts and Allegiances) texts are also available through the Mount Holyoke College Library as e-books. |