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Class number:
3383
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Title: Reefer |
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Department: First Year Sem & Colloq |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Graded |
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Units: 1.00 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, MC - 305 |
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Instructor(s): Eisenberg-Guyot, Nadja |
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Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement |
Course Description:
From hippies to hip hop, marijuana’s association with American youth counter-cultures is ubiquitous. But what’s the deal with reefer, anyway? How did it become an object of fascination, regulation, and moral panic? How do gender, race, and class shape perceptions of marijuana’s threat? As marijuana is legalized across many U.S. states, this course will explore the social, political, and economic forces that shape the criminalization and decriminalization of marijuana, perceptions of marijuana as a “gateway” drug, and publicly-funded anti-drug campaigns targeting youth. Stepping into the anthropological role of cultural observer and critic, students will practice analyzing pop culture representations of marijuana in the broader social context of U.S. drug prohibition. |