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Apr 25, 2024
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HIST 546 - World’s Fairs and Other Spectacles An examination into the commercial, political, and cultural dimensions of mass-attended spectacles in the modern world with a special focus on the relations between developed and underdeveloped peoples, both indigenous and foreign. Readings focus on theories of material culture; selections from scholarly work on the meaning of “spectacle” and scholarly popular studies of World’s Fairs, Olympics, and other “meta-events.” A research paper, focusing on Third World, European or American fields is required.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences History
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