Sumários

Carnival Break

28 Fevereiro 2022, 08:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

No class


The impact of signs - semiotics applied to pop culture

23 Fevereiro 2022, 08:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Review  of the Introduction to Maasik and Solomons "Signs of Life in the USA" - review of semiotics in this context.


US history and Pop culture 1960s-2021

21 Fevereiro 2022, 08:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

US history and Pop culture 1960s-2021


US history and pop culture objects

16 Fevereiro 2022, 08:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

The 20th century up to the Civil Rights Movement 


North American history and cultural events

14 Fevereiro 2022, 08:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Life for after the civil war - the black codes and Jim Crow 

Chain gang culture.
The role of negro spirituals and the birth of the blues.
The effect of the Wall St crash and the Dust bowl.
How the 1920s and 1930s led to the expansion of the blues and jazz.
The first signs of protest in country music - Woody Guthrie.
The Grapes of Wrath - book and film