Semester	Spring Semester, 2018
Department	Sophomore Class A, Undeclared Major in College of Communication Sophomore Class B, Undeclared Major in College of Communication Sophomore Class C, Undeclared Major in College of Communication Sophomore Class D, Undeclared Major in College of Communication
Course Name	Art, Popular Culture and Society
Instructor	HUANG CHUN MING
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Week

Topic

Content and Reading Assignment

Teaching Activities and Homework

Student workload expectation

In-class Hours

Outside-of-class Hours

1

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Introduction: Thinking sociologically about the Arts and Popular Culture

Lecture and Seminar

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2

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches I: The Frankfurt School on the arts, music, and the cultural industry

Lecture and Seminar

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3

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches II: Howard Becker’s ‘Art Worlds’ and Richard A. Peterson’s ‘The Production of Culture Perspective’

Lecture and Seminar

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4

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches III: Audiences, Aesthetics and Values

Lecture and Seminar

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5

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches IV: The Art-society Nexus: Stuart Hall’s ‘Circuit of Culture’ and Wendy Griswold’s ‘Cultural Diamond’

Lecture and Seminar

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6

UNIT 2: Styles, Performance and social institutions

Artists: Performing Rules, Routines and Rituals

Lecture and Seminar

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7

UNIT 2: Styles, Performance and social institutions

Genres and Texts in the Arts and Popular Culture

Lecture and Seminar

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8

UNIT 2: Styles, Performance and social institutions

Doing an Ethnographic Study at a Concert Rehearsal

Lecture and Seminar

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9

Mid-term exam

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10

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Classical Music and Opera

Lecture and Seminar

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11

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Popular Music

Lecture and Seminar

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12

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Festivals

Lecture and Seminar

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13

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Modern Dance

Lecture and Seminar

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14

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Drama and Plays

Lecture and Seminar

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15

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Contemporary Art

Lecture and Seminar

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16

UNIT 4: Politics, Criticism, and Social Engagement

Cultural Criticism and Curation

Lecture and Seminar

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17

UNIT 4: Politics, Criticism, and Social Engagement

Popular Culture and Social Movements

Lecture and Seminar

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18

Final Exam

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Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

Presentations: 40%

Class Participation: 40%

Exam/paper: 20%

Textbook & Reference

Key Readings

Alexander, Victoria D. (2003) Sociology of The Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms. MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Becker, H. (1982) Art Worlds. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Du Gay, P., Hall, S., Janes, L., Madsen, A. K., Mackay, H., and Negus, K (1997) Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman. London: Sage.

Featherstone, M. (2007) Consumer Culture and Postmodernism. London: Sage.

Peterson, R. A. and Anand, N. (2004) ‘The Production of Culture Perspective’, Annual Review of Sociology, 30: 311–34.

(Websites)

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment_and_arts

https://www.ft.com/life-arts

https://www.nytimes.com/section/arts

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/cate/4

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/culture

(Films/Movies)

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) [DVD] Documentary Film, directed by Alison Klayman.

Le Nozze di Figaro (1976) [DVD] Film, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

National Gallery (2014) [DVD] Documentary Film, directed by Frederick Wiseman.

Pina (2011) [DVD] Documentary Film, directed by Wim Wenders.

Ways of Seeing (1972) [DVD/Website] Film, created by John Berger.

Further Readings

Adorno, T. (1941) ‘On Popular Music’ in Storey, J. (ed.) (2006) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

Adorno, T. W. and Rabinbach, A. G. (1975) ‘Culture Industry reconsidered’, in New German Critique, 6 (Autumn): 12–19.

Atkinson, P. A. (2006) Everyday Arias: An Operatic Ethnography. Lanham, MD, USA: AltaMira Press.

Barenboim (2008) ‘Equal before Beethoven’ The Guardian. 13 December.

Bartie, Angela (2013) The Edinburgh Festivals: Culture and Society in Post-War Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Bourdieu, P. (1996) The Rules of Art. Cambridge: Polity.

Frith, S. (1987) ‘Towards an Aesthetic of Popular Music’, in Leppert, R. and McClary, S. (eds), Music and Society: The Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.?

Ho, W. C. (2007) ‘Music and Cultural Politics in Taiwan’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 10 (4): 463–83.

McCormick, L. (2015) Performing Civility: International Competitions in Classical Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Storey, J. (2009) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, 5th edn. London: Pearson Education.

Williams R (1981) Culture. Glasgow: Fontana Paperbacks.

Willis, P. (1990) Common Culture: Symbolic Work and Play in the Everyday Cultures of the Young. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Wolff, J. (1984) The Social Production of Art. New York: New York University Press.

Zolberg, V. (1990) Constructing a Sociology of the Arts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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