Law and Popular Culture (211-0-1)

Instructors

Jesse Yeh
620 Lincoln Street

Meeting Info

Annenberg Hall G32: Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

From superhero movies, daytime court shows, and true crime podcasts, "the law" is everywhere in our popular culture, even when we don't see it. In this course, we explore three interrelated questions: 1) how do people think about the law in their everyday life? 2) how does the law shape the production of popular cultures? and 3) how is the law represented in our popular cultures? This class focuses upon building the conceptual foundation and analytical tools for students to answer these questions for themselves.

Learning Objectives

- Articulate different scholarly approaches to the study of law and culture
- Utilize a meaning-making approach to understand the place of law in the social world
- Situate cultural production in the larger political economic context
- Conduct textual analysis of cultural texts

Teaching Method

Lecture

Evaluation Method

papers and assignments

Class Materials (Required)

All readings will be available via the course Canvas

Class Attributes

Social and Behavioral Science Foundational Discipl
U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area