Course Description

49-313 Popular Culture and Punishment, 1700-1900 (3-0) [0.50]

The course will survey the social, political and intellectual influences upon the leisure activities of Europeans and Americans in the period with special reference to institutions such as the prison, the asylum, the reformatory and the regulation of popular culture and leisure activities. Witchcraft and the witch-hunt will be discussed.

Prerequisites: 49-101.

Course Profile

1998-99 Undergraduate Calendar