Mini Course OUTLINE/ Topics to study: Cultural Studies
 
(Students will have two classes for each part). Teacher may curtail the syllabus/ course outline according to the availability of time. It also depends on the quality of students. The idea is to make them think about the selected topics and basics of culture)
 
1.      Discussion about culture and Cultural Studies
2.      Cultural studies and its criticism: different angles
3.      The idea about (Very briefly) world culture and Bangladeshi culture
4.      Culture and its varieties: Low Culture vs High Culture
5.      Orientalism and Culture
6.      Culture, power and hegemony: Relationship with culture and power
7.      Representation and Culture: Stuart Hall Theory
8.     Stuart Hall: “Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms” and “Race, Culture, and Communications: Looking Backward and Forward at Cultural Studies”  
9.      ‘Gender Formation’ and ‘Class formation’ In a particular cultural situation and their relationship
10.   Paul Smith: “Looking Backwards and Forwards at Cultural Studies”
11.  Culture and Consumerism
12.  Summing Up