Sections offered FALL 2022:
#36021 |
JENNIFER MAHER |
W 11:30 AM–12:20 PM
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HU 111
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CLASS NOTES: Class meets In Person. For more information visit https://covid.iu.edu/learning-modes/index.html
This class examines the historical “making” of masculinity and femininity within (mostly American) popular culture. Through a variety of theoretical perspectives, we will explore representations of gender and sexuality in film, television, and print media. We will study the work of media scholars from various genres to see what media production and reception can tell us about cultural constructions of gender and sexuality. You will gain an understanding of pivotal theoretical approaches to popular culture across genres and engage in written analyses of them. Though much of what you read will be from the recent past (1970s- early twenty-first century) I feel sure that you will be able to make connections to more contemporary examples.