WMST 240 - Gender in American Popular Media

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

This course sets out to study the intersections between American popular culture and the politics of gender, race, class, and sex. Objects of study may include dolls and other toys as well as a variety of television and film genres, including classical Hollywood, documentaries, talk shows, music videos, cartoons, pornography, and independent film. Readings draw on a number of important contributions in feminist cultural analysis, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, and journalism from across the humanities and social sciences. Ms. Robertson.

Prerequisite(s): WMST 130 or permission of the instructor.

Two 75-minute periods.