Wednesday, May 01, 2013

You Gottsta Be Shitting Me du Jour

Of course as a product of The Harvard on the Appomattox I am used to a more serious academic setting, but I am amused that this course exits at Middlebury College, in some place called "Vermont:
HIST 1017 - Mad Men and Mad Women      
Mad Men/ and Mad Women*
Are you a Don, a Roger, or a Pete? A Betty, a Peggy or a Joan? Using AMC’s Mad Men as a visual and narrative foundation, this course examines masculinity and femininity in mid-20th century America. We will focus specifically on the connections between postwar mass communication and formation of gender roles, consumption and cultural expectations. Our inquiry will then extend to recent discussions regarding the politics of historical representation. In addition to the television series we will use a variety of both primary and secondary sources -- including novels, magazines, sociological studies, and scholarly monographs – to achieve a multi-dimensional perspective.

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