Lady Gaga may not have much class but now there is a class on her. The University of South Carolina is offering a class called Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame. Mathieu Deflem, the professor teaching the course describes it as aiming to “unravel some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga with respect to her music, videos, fashion, and other artistic endeavours.”
“We’re going to look at Lady Gaga as a social event… it’s not the person, and it’s not the music. It’s more this thing out there in society that has 10 million followers on Facebook and six million on Twitter. I mean, that’s a social phenomenon.”
The class won’t be offered until spring 2011, let’s hope Lady Gaga is still relevant then.
I WOULD GO TO THAT UNIVERSITY JUST SO I COULD TAKE THAT CLASS!!!!! I LOVE YOU GAGA!
This isn’t the first class. Someone at Rice University is currently teaching a class on Lady Gaga
Want to know what’ll happen?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/malia-griggs/insiders-perspective-of-l_b_805590.html