Course Description

Film Studies 255E Representation of Gender and Sexuality

This course explores the representation of gender and sexuality in mainstream Hollywood and European art cinema. The course introduces a number of theoretical frameworks which are used to probe issues such as gender stereotypes, the relationship between gender and genre, feminist counter cinema, queer studies, identification, pleasure and spectatorship.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 020E or Women's Studies 020E or permission of the Department.

2 lecture hours, 1 3-hour screening.

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