SMASH THE STATE:
YOUTH CULTURE AND
POLITICS IN THE AMERICAS
Global Living
Learning Center
GLLC 220 (34770)
SECOND EIGHT WEEKS
COURSE
October 15 – December
14
Tuesday and Thursday
4-6pm
History is often the
story of adults. But what can the histories of young people like Harry Houdini,
Che Guevara, M.I.A., Bart Simpson, Henry Rollins, Grandmaster Flash, Beavis,
Butt-head, and Daddy Yankee tell us about the Americas? How can the histories
of young people help us to understand the greatest ideas of the last two
centuries – democracy, socialism, populism, fascism, anti-communism, and
post-modernism?
This class is a
survey of youth culture and politics throughout the Western Hemisphere. Music,
literature, dance, and film will be our sources as we analyze the creation of
the categories “youth,” “revolution,” and “the Americas.”
This course carries S&H credit.
