Miley 201
On the schedule of summer session classes at Skidmore: "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender, and Media." [Skidmore Unofficial]
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only at skidmore....
... said CAOD on Mar 26, 2014 at 11:45 AM | link
No, not only at Skidmore. Pop culture sociology classes like this are taught at many, many colleges regardless of whether we consider them legitimate. (Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. Depends on the professor and the curriculum.)
I'm old enough to bemoan the loss of the traditional liberal arts education where we read the classics (old, white, male) and I'm actually grateful for that grounding. But I'm young enough that my college education also included a course on how to dodge the draft. (During the Vietnam war. Only at SUNY Binghamton?) Times change. I think a lot of college education now is so focused on producing a work force for area corporations that it is churning out narrowly educated illiterates.
... said chrisck on Mar 26, 2014 at 1:49 PM | link
You know what? I'm no Miley fan.. but It would be interesting to explore what kind of perception people would have of her if she were an African American 20 year old man who pulled himself up with his bootstraps out of the Compton...
But I would still want him to keep his tongue in his mouth..
... said Pirate Jeni on Mar 27, 2014 at 10:26 AM | link