Sociology professor Amy Best is partnering with English professor Lisa Koch to teach a new course titled, "Teens in Film, Fiction, and Ethnography" to be offered Spring 2015.
Students will read novels, watch films, and examine ethnographies from contemporary U.S. teen culture. The course will demonstrate how sociologists and literary scholars examine teen culture and is divided into units such as “Girl Fight,” “Cliques and Status,” and “Boundary Crossing.” Example films and readings include Mean Girls; Hunger Games; Boys Don’t Cry; Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids; Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys; Will Grayson, Will Grayson; and “Sentimental Education” from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
ENGH 309/SOCI 395-02 "Teens in Film, Fiction, and Ethnography" is offered Tuesday 4:30-7:10. There are no prerequisites for the course and it may count as an elective toward the sociology degree.