This module provides an introduction to the role of power (in the Foucauldian sense) in both contemporary cultural production and consumption. Learners investigate how power, in a range of guises impacts on conceptual issues relating to culture, identity, ideology and representation. This is underpinned by an interrogation of the work of key theorists across a range of interdisciplinary domains.
Lectures
The changing face of culture (Arnold, Leavis, Williams)Identity and difference. (Woodward, Anderson, Hobsbawm)Foucault’s theory of power.Stuart Hall and representation,The Culture Industry: Adorno, Benjamin.Re-thinking gender (masculinity & femininity).Power and space.Structuralism and postmodernism.Utopianism.
The module will use a selection of teaching methods, including: lectures, discussion, case studies, analysis of audio-visual material, readings, project work, self-directed learning.
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |