University and Capstone · Boston College
This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take both UNAS1716 and UNAS1717. What is the relationship between politics and popular culture? How did East Asia emerge from the wreckage of the Second World War to become the dominant political, economic, and cultural force it is in the world today? What is the relationship between politics and popular culture? Since 1945, East Asia has experienced the Cold War, civil war, communist revolution, modernization, capitalism, democratization, and economic booms and busts. It has also become a powerhouse producer of popular
