Sumários
Looking for signs in recent pop culture objects and events
8 Fevereiro 2021, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Discussion of the pop culture items and events that the Politico article described as "The Eight Pieces of Pop Culture That Defined the Trump Era". Performance of a denotative and a conotative reading with these.
Introduction to semiotics and popular culture
4 Fevereiro 2021, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Brief overview of Sassure, Pierce and Stuart's theories in respect of reading the signs of popular culture as presented in the Introduction of Signs of Life in the USA (Maasik and Solomon 2018).
The American Dream as an expression of American Popular Culture
1 Fevereiro 2021, 18:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
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The American Dream as an expression of American Popular Culture
1 Fevereiro 2021, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Discussion of the theories presented in the previous class as applied to American popular culture and an analysis of how the American dream (and it's changes over time) can be seen as a reflection of changes in American popular culture (and thinking).