CULTR ST *712 / Childhood in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture

3 unit(s)

S. Brophy (cross-listed as ENGLISH *712)

Childhood is a contested site of symbolic, moral, and material investment in contemporary culture. Focusing on three topics-gender and sexuality, delinquency, and consumption-and with reference to a variety of media, we will consider how cultural theory questions the governing myths of childhood and attempts to theorize children as cultural agents.