Not available in 2014/15
SO433 Half Unit
Cultural Theory
This information is for the 2014/15 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Donald Slater S218A
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Global Media and Communications (LSE and Fudan), MSc in Global Media and Communications (LSE and USC), MSc in Media and Communications, MSc in Media and Communications (Research), MSc in Sociology and MSc in Sociology. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Course content
The course will provide a theoretical foundation for researching cultural processes and institutions. The course investigates concepts of culture in relation to core concerns of social theory. This includes both a review of traditions of theorising culture and a consideration of analytical frameworks and debates that have developed in relation to specific social dimensions such as the city, economy, mediation, ethnicity, gender and technology.
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 20 hours of seminars in the MT.
Indicative reading
P Bourdieu, Distinction (1984); P du Gay (Ed), Production of Culture, Cultures of Production (1997); N Couldry, Inside Culture (2000); T Eagleton, The Idea of Culture (2000); M Featherstone & S Lash (Eds), Spaces of Culture: City-Nation-World (1999); U Hannerz, Cultural Complexity (1992); D Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity (1990); P Jackson, M Lowe et al (Eds), Commercial Cultures: economies, practices, spaces (2000); A McRobbie, In the Culture Society: Art, Fashion and Popular Music (1999); A J Scott, The Cultural Economy of Cities (2000); R Sennett, The Fall of Public Man (1977); D R Slater, Consumer Culture and Modernity, Cambridge (1997); M Smith, Culture: Reinventing the Social Sciences (2000); J Storey (Ed), Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader (1998); John Thompson, The Media and Modernity (1995)R Williams, Culture and Society (1958).
Assessment
Coursework (100%, 5000 words) in the LT.
Attendance at all seminars and submission of all set coursework is required.
Student performance results
(2010/11 - 2012/13 combined)
Classification | % of students |
---|---|
Distinction | 17.6 |
Merit | 60.8 |
Pass | 19.6 |
Fail | 2 |
Key facts
Department: Sociology
Total students 2013/14: Unavailable
Average class size 2013/14: Unavailable
Controlled access 2013/14: No
Lecture capture used 2013/14: No
Value: Half Unit