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GSSS31

Smoke Screens: Tobacco, Smoking, and Visual Culture

Subject code

GSS

Course Number

S31

Course Long Title

Smoke Screens: Tobacco, Smoking, and Visual Culture

Description

This course introduces students to the political, social, and cultural history of representations of smoking and the tobacco industry in television series, films, and music videos. Students consider how gender, race, class, and sexuality shape and are shaped by these visual narratives. Prerequisite: one GSS course.

Modes of Inquiry

Analysis and Critique [AC]

Writing Credit

No writing designation

Offering Frequency

Offered with varying frequency