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Presentation of Students' Final Comparative Essays (cont.)

14 Dezembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Presentation of Students' Final Comparative Essays (cont.)

Presentation of Students' Final Comparative Essays (concl.). Feedback on assessment so far.

12 Dezembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Presentation of Students' Final Comparative Essays (concl.). 

Feedback on assessment so far.

Debate 7: Y Generation; Presentation of Student's final comparative essays; Delivery and feedback on creative writing exercises.

7 Dezembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Debate 7: Y Generation.

For: http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/12/debate-7-for-generation-y.html 
Presentation of Student's final comparative essays; 
Delivery and feedback on creative writing exercises.

Debates #5 (Gender in Pop Music) and #6 (Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize)

5 Dezembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Debate #5: Gender in Pop Music:

Against: http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/12/debate-6-pop-music-perpetuates-gender.html
For: http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/12/debate-6-pop-music-transforms-gender.htmlDebate #6: 
Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize
For:http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/12/debate-5-dylan-deserves-nobel-catia.html
Against: http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/12/debate-5-bob-dylan-does-not-deserve.html

From Marilyn to Madonna: discussion of gender roles in pop music; pastiche, parody, simulacra.

30 Novembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

From Marilyn to Madonna: discussion of gender roles in pop music.

Marilyn's ambiguous role as "American dream girl": 
http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/11/marilyn-monroe-b-norma-jean-1926-died.html
Madonna as overdetermined icon: 
Pastiche, parody, simulacra.
http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/11/madonna-b-louise-ciccone-in-1958.html
Discussion of article by J. Prieto Arranz, "The Semiotics of Performance and Success in Madonna"