Political Economy of Pleasure Sense

SS 205 Political Economy of Pleasure Through a combination of anthropological, media studies, and cultural studies approaches, this course examines the social relations behind the production, marketing, and consumption of enjoyment: photographic, culinary, sexual, cinematic, musical, and televisual. Students will be introduced to concepts of political economy, commodities, and the construction of desire and pleasure. The course will closely examine how an economy of pleasure crosses and often reinforces hierarchies of class, race, gender, and ethnicity.