Course schedule

1. Introduction: Central and Eastern European (CEE) popular culture between East and West (February 22)

2. What is popular culture? (Reading: John Storey) (February 22)

3. Marxism and popular culture (Reading: Antonio Gramsci, film: Guy Debord) (March 7)

4. From subcultures to postsubcultures (Reading: Andy Bennett, Keith Kahn-Harris) (March 14)

5. State socialism vs. postsocialism and East vs. West (Reading: Boris Buden) (March 21)

6. Reading week (March 28)

7. Consumerism in state socialism (Reading: Paulina Bren) (April 4)

8. Re-traditionalization and nationalism in CEE (Reading: Ladislav Holy) (April 18)

8. Fanzines and subcultures in CEE (Reading: Zines archives) (April 25)

9. Tour de May Day festivals in Prague (May 1)

10. DIY and constructing at home (Reading: Andrew Jackson) (May 9)

11. Mushroom foraging in Czech culture (Reading: Anna Tsing) (May 16)

11. Colloquium with students´ presentations (May 30)