THET408P

Seminar: Theory and Performance Studies; Popular Performance & Popular Culture

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Students will examine multidisciplinary modes of cultural production in various mediums including but not limited to theatre, performance art, film, visual art, advertising, and music video. Through the lens of performance, the class will interrogate how cultural products operate asperformances of contemporary everyday life. Topics may include the cultural logic of Beyonc, sports culture, urbanity, indigenous water protectors and protest, and hip hop culture among other objects that occupy the national imagination questioning what they reveal about the popular body and its political status.

Sister Courses: THET408A, THET408B, THET408C, THET408D, THET408E, THET408F, THET408G, THET408I, THET408K, THET408L, THET408M, THET408N, THET408O, THET408R, THET408T, THET408U, THET408W, THET408X, THET408Y, THET408Z

Fall 2025

Faedra Carpenter

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Past Semesters

Leslie Gray

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.48 between 17 students*

THET408P Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 35.29%
A: 23.53%
A+: 5.88%
B-: 11.76%
B: 11.76%
B+: 5.88%
C+: 5.88%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.