|
Class number:
1058
|
|
Title: Hulu’s Dopesick:TV vs. Reality |
|
Department: Sociology |
|
Career: Undergraduate |
|
Component: Lecture |
|
Session: Second Quarter |
|
Instructor's Permission Required: No |
|
Grading Basis: Regular |
|
Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
|
Current enrollment: 3 |
|
Available seats: 12 |
|
Start date: Monday, June 23, 2025 |
|
End date: Friday, July 25, 2025 |
|
Mode of Instruction: Remote |
|
Schedule: MW: 2:00PM-5:15PM, N/A |
|
|
Instructor(s): Andersson, Tanetta |
|
Prerequisite(s): None |
|
Distribution Requirement: Meets Soc Sciences & Identity Power Equity Req |
Course Description:
"Dopesick," an eight-episode 2021 TV miniseries based on a bestselling book, depicts the Opioid overdose crisis over the past twenty-five years. Through low- and mid-stakes written work (i.e., freewriting techniques) with analytical essay revision, students will observe and then analyze central scenes/episodes by applying sociological, historical, anthropological, public health scientific literature, plus engage with hands-on digital research experience using The Opioid Industry Documents Archive. While Dopesick presents a multifaceted narrative, it tells a limiting good/bad-guy cultural story. Whereas a sociological ‘quality of mind’ (Mills, 1959) asks, if systems rather than individuals are failing us, then we must look beyond bad actors to analyze the rules and logics of interlocking social/economic decline, medicalization, health care landscapes, criminalization, and racialized, sexualized, and class-based conceptions on pain/suffering. |