Media and Popular Culture in China CMNS 445 (4)
An exploration of the media and popular culture scene in reform-era China. A wide range of media and popular culture forms and practices are analyzed in their concrete institutional settings and dynamic relationships with official ideologies, market imperatives, and the everyday struggles and cultural sensitivities of various social groups during a period of epochal transformation in China. Prerequisite: 75 units, including one of CMNS 230 or 240; and one of CMNS 260 or 262. CMNS 310, 331 and 346 are recommended.