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Academic Year 2003/2004
Signs of Imagination: Constructions of Gender and Race in Popular Culture
AMST 239 SP
This course examines how men and women are represented and represent themselves in American forms of popular culture such as literature, television, film, print media, and various forms of modern culture. We will
explore
the cultural contexts of the terms femininity and masculinity and discuss various examples of the visibility and marketability of these terms in contemporary times.
MAJOR READINGS
BORDERLANDS/LA FRONTERA: THE NEW MESTIZA by Gloria Anzaldua
THE HANDMAIDEN'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
DAWN by Octavia Butler
YEARNING: RACE, GENDER, AND CULTURAL POLITICS by bell hooks
MEDIATED WOMEN:
REPRESENTATIONS IN POPULAR CULTURE, edited
by Marian Meyers. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1999.
M. BUTTERFLY by David Henry Hwang
THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS by Frank Miller
MEN, MASCULINITY AND THE MEDIA, edited by Steve Craig. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage:
1992.
Selections from
Coursepack Reader
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Individual projects and take home exam.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AMST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Dave,Shilpa S.
- Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: DAC300
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)
- SR. major: 8 Jr. major: 8
- SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 0 FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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