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LIT 499-06 Spring 2017

LIT 499-06: The Beatles and Their World
Professor: David Venturo
Class meetings: T/F 2:00-3:20pm

The Beatles’ lives and musical careers reflect profound cultural changes that took place after the Great Depression and World War II.  In particular, the extraordinary transformation of this group in a decade and a half from one of many local Liverpool bands to the most influential popular music group of all time and an international cultural arbiter offers insight into the modern cultural world.  With the Beatles as its focus, this seminar will explore such topics in modern cultural history as race relations, women’s rights and gender issues, youth culture, counterculture and protest, mass media and public relations, as well as, of course, developments in popular music.

 

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