Lecture 1 Review: Daniella Dahoui

Review session Week 1 of Popular Culture and History Daniella Dahoui PC200 Popular Culture and History As an introduction to the module, we were given an idea of the key themes of the course. The teacher went over the different topics covered each week: film, pop music, etc, and how we will explore the main themes and how they connect to the nature of cultural studies. The basis of the module will be exploring the effects of popular culture on our everyday lives, our cultural identity (e.g. gender, ethnicity, race) our cultural and political struggles and power, and social interactions. We will also be examining cultural texts from pop music to film to explore the British culture over the years. The teacher explained that the 50s were the decade when 20th century had changed. These details will be explored further the following week: the Postmodern City, which will introduce globalization and consumerism, and will examine the impact of Disneyland (opened in 1955) as the representation of the postmodern city.