Approaching entertainment from a symbolic interactionist perspective, this course examines entertainment as a set of socially constituted and engaged processes. Building primarily on analytical and ethnographic materials from the classic Greek era to the present time, this course considers the roles (viewpoints, activities, and interchanges) of people involved in producing, promoting, accessing, experiencing, and critiquing, an assortment of commercial and noncommercial entertainment venues. [Note: SOC 234 is recommended] Prereq: SOC 101 or 120R