Module Code - Title:
SO6072
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SOCIOLOGY OF POPULAR CULTURE 2
Year Last Offered:
N/A
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
Vernacular culture is the matrix in which most people experience their lives, yet traditional inquiry into culture and its place in society has tended to focus on High Culture and its Institutions, often with little regard for intersectional identity (including gender, class, ethnicity, race). Moreover, popular culture plays a hugely important role in the majority of our lives.
This module will examine the cultural significance of specific areas such as sport, subcultures, etc.
Syllabus:
This module will examine the significance of sport, subcultures and media as popular culture, and in popular culture, across a wide range of forms, including music, film, and social media. Ultimately, the module will examine how the institutions, practices, and discourses that make up popular culture and are intended to be consumed by the masses either reinforce or resist dominant power structures.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of how popular culture reinforces or resists dominant power structures.
Demonstrate an understanding of the role of popular culture in everyday social life
Demonstrate skills and strategies used to analyze popular culture in its various forms
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of the role of cultural lag and globalization in cultural change to support the practical sociological knowledge that students gained across other modules on their programme.
Demonstrate awareness of the ethical and moral dimensions of popular culture
Demonstrate awareness of the role of attitudes and values in both the production and consumption of popular culture
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
This module will be taught through a combination of lectures and self directed learning.
Graduate attributes of critical thinking and collaboration will be enhanced.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Millar, S., Power, M., Widdop, P., Parnell, D. & Carr, J. (2021)
Football and Popular Culture: Singing out from the Stands
, Routledge
Hebdige, D. (2012)
The Functions of Subculture. In Hebdige, D., Subculture The Meaning of
Style (New Accents).
, Taylor and Francis
Other Relevant Texts:
Hughson, J., Moore, K., Spaaij, R. & Maguir, J. (2016)
Routledge Handbook of Football Studies
, Routledge
Clake, J., Hall, S., Jefferson, T., & Roberts, B. (1997)
Subcultures, cultures and class. In
Gelder, K. (ed.) The Subcutlure Reader
, Routledge
Jenks, C. (2005)
Subculture: The Fragmentation of the Social.
, Sage
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
martin.j.power@ul.ie