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CS92PROD
Sex, Drugs, and Shopping: Scenes of Consumption in Postwar American Fiction
ENGL 322
Fall 2015 not offered

This course will explore the fascination with materialism, commodities, and hedonism in post-World War II American fiction. These novels do not merely document the explosion of the postwar consumer economy or the transformation of the sexual culture in the years just before and then after what became known as the "sexual revolution." They seek, rather, to interlink the two: to reveal the economic logic that structures the search for sexual satisfaction and the sexual fantasies that underpin economic activity. The course will introduce key concepts from Marxism, feminism, cultural studies, and media studies to help elucidate the connections among various kinds of desires that these novels obsessively document.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None

Last Updated on MAR-28-2024
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