EGL 287 - Gender and Sexuality in Film

Course Units: 1.0

(Not Offered this Academic Year) This course examines the intersecting roles played by gender and sexuality in our media, with particular emphasis placed on film and video. Over the course of the semester, we will investigate the ways in which various media texts transmit and construct gender and sexuality and how viewers interpret and integrate these representations into their daily lives. As we analyze films by such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Douglas Sirk, Julie Dash, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and Jonathan Caouette we will explore the ways in which conceptions of gender and sexuality are facilitated and constrained by legal, medical, and ethical discourses that emerge from specific historical and geographic contexts. Prerequisite(s): One 100-level English course or a score of 5 on the AP English Language or Literature and Composition test. CC: HUM, WAC